Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016

The Lancet

Volumn 392, Issue 10154, 2018, Pages 1217-1234

  Lim, Stephen S ^a   Updike, Rachel L ^a   Kaldjian, Alexander S ^a   Barber, Ryan M ^a   Cowling, Krycia ^a   York, Hunter ^a   Friedman, Joseph ^a,b   Xu, R ^a   Whisnant, Joanna L ^a   Taylor, Heather J ^a   Leever, Andrew T ^a   Roman, Yesenia ^a   Bryant, Miranda F ^a   Dieleman, Joseph ^a   Gakidou, Emmanuela ^a   Murray, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BRAZIL; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINLAND; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDIA; INDONESIA; MEXICO; MORTALITY RATE; NIGER; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX; SOCIAL LEARNING; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; LEARNING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054793152     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31941-X     Document Type: Article

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