We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …

. Our SWB measures encapsulate life satisfaction and mental health. We find that relative income mobility is a significant … predictor of life satisfaction and mental health whether people move upward or downward. For absolute income, mobility is only a … predictor of SWB and mental health outcomes if the person moves downward. We also explore pathways through which income mobility …