Healthy(?), wealthy, and wise: Birth order and adult health

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-45

  Black, Sandra E ^a   Devereux, Paul J ^b   Salvanes, Kjell G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth order; Early childhood investment; Health

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INVESTMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING; ADULT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY; SMOKING;

EID: 84978701466     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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