Education and Health: Building Indicators in International Comparison

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  • Patrice De Broucker

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https://doi.org/10.18192/riss-ijhs.v4i1.1216

Abstract

Introduction: Nowadays, we often analyze the benefits of education as a sesame to access employment – the higher your level of education and better your field of study, the better your chances of getting quickly a stable, well paid and rewarding job. Surely this is important and it is a consideration that nobody can ignore when it comes to making a choice of a pathway through school and a career. But it would be inappropriate to think of education and its role in life only in such terms. Education is a source of many other benefits both for the individual and for society.

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2014-08-17

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