Education, Information, and Improved Health: Evidence from Breast Cancer Screening
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health; education; allocative efficiency;JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2008-07-14 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2008-07-14 (Education)
- NEP-HEA-2008-07-14 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2008-07-14 (Labour Economics)
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