The intergenerational effect of parental education on child health: Evidence from the UK

Education Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 455-469

  Silles, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Endogeneity bias; Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954402357     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2013.858660     Document Type: Article

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