Health polarization and inequalities across Europe: an empirical approach
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Keywords
Self-assessed health; Polarization; Inequality; European health interview survey;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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