to linked data from health surveys, tax files and the mortality register to estimate the causal effect of education on … mortality. The reform provides a powerful instrument, significantly raising years of schooling, which, in turn, has a large and … significant effect on mortality even in old age. An extra year of schooling is estimated to reduce the probability of dying …

time preference are not considered simultaneously. We correct for differential mortality risk, risk aversion and …

studies we find that among the early variables recorded at age 12 the only significant determinant of adult mortality is …

and the mortality data. The second section discusses the variation of mortality rates with age in the population and in …