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The Effects of Education on Health: An Intergenerational Perspective

Mathias Huebener
Published online before print November 10, 2022, 0219-10060R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0219-10060R2
Mathias Huebener
*Mathias Huebener is a senior researcher at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB), and a research affiliate at IZA Bonn and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). E-mail: .
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