Invited commentary to: Lynch and von Hippel “An education gradient in health, a health gradient in education, or a confounded gradient in both?”

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue , 2016, Pages 168-170

  Hessel, Philipp ^a   Simon Thomas, J ^a  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Education gradient in health; Educational attainment; Fixed effects; Health gradient in education; Self rated health; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COLLEGE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FIXED EFFECT MODEL; GRADUATE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MODEL; NOTE; SELF REPORT; HEALTH DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84962798353     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.035     Document Type: Note

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