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More Schooling, More Children: Compulsory Schooling Reforms and Fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nichole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2011
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294896
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nichole; … - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short-run and long-run mediating effects: while in the former only current or lagged behaviors are taken into account, in the latter we consider the entire history of behaviors. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294907
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Does schooling improve cognitive functioning at older ages?
Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
reforms, implemented in six European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. Using data of individuals aged 50+ from the Survey … of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, uency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294913