Economic Aspects of Health
Victor R. Fuchs, editor
Published in 1982 by University of Chicago Press
© 1982 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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0344 pages
ISBN: 0-226-26785-7
Table of Contents
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Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgment:
Victor R. Fuchs
(p. -11 - 0)
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Introduction:
Victor R. Fuchs
(p. 1 - 12)
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Prenatal Medical Care and Infant Mortality:
Jeffrey E. Harris
(p. 13 - 52)
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The Behavior of Mothers as Inputs to Child Health: The Determinants of Birth Weight, Gestation, and Rate of Fetal Growth:
Mark R. Rosenzweig, T. Paul Schultz
(p. 53 - 92)
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Time Preference and Health: An Exploratory Study:
Victor R. Fuchs
(p. 93 - 120)
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Healthiness, Education, and Marital Status:
Paul Taubman, Sherwin Rosen
(p. 121 - 140)
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The Status of Health in Demand Estimation; or, Beyond Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor:
Willard G. Manning, Jr.,, Joseph P. Newhouse, John E. Ware, Jr.
(p. 141 - 184)
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Physical Disabilities and Post-secondary Educational Choices:
Robert A. Shakotko, Michael Grossman
(p. 185 - 202)
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Employment, Earnings, and Psychiatric Diagnosis:
Lee Benham, Alexandra Benham
(p. 203 - 220)
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Children's Health Problems: Implications for Parental Labor Supply and Earnings:
David S. Salkever
(p. 221 - 252)
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The Choice of Health Policies with Heterogeneous Populations:
Donald S. Shepard, Richard J. Zeckhauser
(p. 253 - 298)
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Medical Care, Medical Insurance, and Survival Probability: The True Cost of Living:
Theodore C. Bergstrom
(p. 299 - 324)
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List of Contributors, Indexes:
Victor R. Fuchs
(p. 325 - 334)
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