Death, Dollars and Degrees: Socio-economic Status and Longevity in Australia*

Economic Papers

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-355

  Clarke, Philip ^a   Leigh, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b House of Representatives Parliament House   (Australia)

Author keywords

education; health inequalities and life expectancy; I10; income; mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923148203     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2011.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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