The Income-Health Relationship “Beyond the Mean†: New Evidence from Biomarkers
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Keywords
biomarkers; unconditional quantile regression; decomposition analysis; health inequalities;All these keywords.
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- C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
- C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
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