In this paper we hypothesize that education is associated with a higher efficiency of health investment, yet that this … COPD, education still plays a role. …

We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that the treatment effect of education(i.e. the … effect of entering secondary school as opposed to leaving school after primary education) is positive and amounts to a 4 …

so. In this paper we develop an economic theory of unhealthy food choice, and use a Discrete Choice Experiment to … the education disparity in diet. However, when faced with the most explicit health information regarding diet, lower … theoretical prediction that part of the education differences across health behaviours is driven by the "marginal value of health …

explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health … and Retirement Study reveals that individuals with lower levels of education and cognitive functioning report survival …

have implications for education policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. …

Estimates of the effect of education on GDP (the social return) have been hard to reconcile with micro evidence on the … of education reduces the private return by 2 percentage points, consistent with Katz-Murphy's (1992) elasticity of …

The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately …-referenced) and the relative (i.e., norm-referenced) grading schemes in a large-scale field experiment at a university. We hypothesize …

illustrate its feasibility with an example from the education sector in Zambia. …