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Poverty and Health: Asking the Right Questions

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  • Victor R. Fuchs

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Gertrude Stein, confidante of the leading writers, artists, and intellectuals of her time, lay dying. Her closest friend and lifetime companion, Alice B. Toklas, leaned forward and said, “Gertrude, what’s the answer?” Gertrude looked up and with her last breath said, “Alice, what’s the question?”…
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  • Victor R. Fuchs, 1992. "Poverty and Health: Asking the Right Questions," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 36(2), pages 12-18, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:amerec:v:36:y:1992:i:2:p:12-18
    DOI: 10.1177/056943459203600202
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    1. Leigh, J. Paul, 1998. "Parents' schooling and the correlation between education and frailty," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 349-358, June.

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    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development

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