We investigate the effect of education on mid-life obesity, with particular attention to potential heterogeneity across the Body Mass Index (BMI) distribution. Applying quantile regression methods to British men and women, we first find that childhood and parental BMI are critical determinants...

In this study I investigate the birth order effect on educational attainment with careful consideration of the change in schooling differential between men and women over the last century. Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I find that there is a significant negative birth order...

This paper studies the effect of the Head Start program on children's achievements in reading and math tests during their first 4 years of schooling after completing the program. Using nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, I found large measurement error in...