Trends in gender differences in health and mortality at working ages among West and East Germans
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Keywords
Germany; gender; health; satisfaction; sex differentials;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEN-2017-04-30 (Gender)
- NEP-HEA-2017-04-30 (Health Economics)
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