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Unobserved heterogeneity can confound the effect of education on mortality

Two opposing hypotheses were proposed to explain the lifecourse pattern in the effect of education on mortality: “cumulative advantage,” where the education effect becomes stronger with age, and “age-as-leveler,” where the effect becomes weaker in old age. Most empirical studies bring evidence for t...

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Main Authors: Zajacova, Anna, Goldman, Noreen, Rodríguez, Germán
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564648/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23393410
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08898480902790528
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