This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … treatment and relation with parents, do not predict within-twin pair differences in schooling, lending additional credibility to …

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … of schooling in developing economies raises enterprise income by an average of 5.5 percent, which is close to the average … return in industrial countries. The return varies, however, by gender, rural or urban residence, and the share of agriculture …

decades, China has experienced double-digit economic growth rates and rising inequality. This paper implements a new … decomposition on the China Health and Nutrition panel Survey (1991-2006) to examine the extent to which changes in level and … disparities in China relate to rising income inequality and in particular to the adverse health and income experience of older (wo …

private return to schooling. We present a simple explanation combining two ideas: imperfect substitution and endogenous skill …

medical expenditure risk in seven Asian countries and find it is highest in Laos and China, and is lowest in Malaysia …