Personality and the education–health gradient: A note on “Understanding differences in health behaviors by education”

We test the robustness of the results of Cutler and Lleras-Muney (2010) on the role of personality in explaining the education–health gradient by using alternative measures of child personality available in the National Child Development Study. We show that, alternatively to the authors, conclusions, personality contributes to the education–health gradient to an extent nearly as large as that of cognition.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Conti, Gabriella ; Hansman, Christopher
Published in:	Journal of Health Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-6296. - Vol. 32.2013, 2, p. 480-485
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Health \| Education \| Cognitive ability \| Personality

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; I21 - Analysis of Education
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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