differently to daughters than to sons. We draw from 15 years of data from the Health Survey for England, which contains records of … clinically measured weight and height of a representative sample of English children. Our findings are consistent with the … among white children and older parents. We also find support for the existence of an unanticipated gender …

-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school …

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on … individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health …

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on … individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health …

Using data from the Health Survey for England and the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, we estimate the causal … effect of schooling on health. Identification comes from two nation wide increases in British compulsory school leaving age … exogenous variation in schooling by using biomarkers as measures of health outcomes in addition to self-reported measures. We …

Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from … education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that … determines an individual's demand for knowledge and health based on the causal effects, and study the impacts on the individual …

/2005 Italian Health Surveys and adopting a difference-in-difference approach that nets out monthly variation in smoking rates, we …

/2005 Italian Health Surveys and adopting a difference-in-difference approach that nets out monthly variation in smoking rates, we …