Health disparities and the socioeconomic gradient in elderly life-cycle consumption
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A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Economics of Ageing
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2212-828X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2018.11.001