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The Effect of Education on Mortality and Health

Evidence from a Schooling Expansion in Romania

View ORCID ProfileOfer Malamud, View ORCID ProfileAndreea Mitrut and View ORCID ProfileCristian Pop-Eleches
Journal of Human Resources, March 2023, 58 (2) 561-592; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.4.1118-9863R2
Ofer Malamud
Ofer Malamud is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern University and a Research Associate at the NBER ().
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Andreea Mitrut is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Gothenburg and affiliated at SITE, Stockholm School of Economics.
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Cristian Pop-Eleches
Cristian Pop-Eleches is a Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a Research Associate at the NBER.
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Ofer Malamud, Andreea Mitrut, Cristian Pop-Eleches
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2023, 58 (2) 561-592; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.4.1118-9863R2

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Ofer Malamud, Andreea Mitrut, Cristian Pop-Eleches
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2023, 58 (2) 561-592; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.4.1118-9863R2
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