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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …
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The Cost of Binge Drinking
Francesconi, Marco; James, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We estimate the effect of binge drinking on accident and emergency attendances, road accidents, arrests, and the number of police officers on duty using a variety of unique data from Britain and a two-sample minimum distance estimation procedure. Our estimates, which reveal sizeable effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168897
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The Cost of Binge Drinking
Francesconi, Marco; James, Jonathan - CESifo - 2015
We estimate the effect of binge drinking on accident and emergency attendances, road accidents, arrests, and the number of police officers on duty using a variety of unique data from Britain and a two-sample minimum distance estimation procedure. Our estimates, which reveal sizeable effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167139