The income gradient in childhood mental health: All in the eye of the beholder?

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 807-827

  Johnston, David W ^a   Propper, Carol ^b   Pudney, Stephen E ^c   Shields, Michael A ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Income; Mental health; Reporting heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027933909     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12038     Document Type: Article

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