We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … education are still substantial, and amount to a 4 years gain in life expectancy, on average. …

Large differences in mortality rates across those with different levels of education are a well- established fact. This … association between mortality and education may partly be explained by confounding factors, including cognitive ability. Cognitive … ability may also be affected by education so that it becomes a mediating factor in the causal chain. In this paper we estimate …

multistate hazard model (a 'Timing-of-events'- model) and, for selection into education, by using inverse propensity weighting … based on the probability to attain higher education. We use Swedish Military Conscription Data (1951-1960), for males only …

by the reform significantly increased their education and experienced higher labor income. Our main result is that the …. These results are not driven by the direct impact of education and are not explained by higher turnout, or greater attention …

We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by …

Mental disorders have a large impact on invalidity and mortality. Poor mental health is associated with low education … mental health problems, education attainment and mortality may all depend on the same observed and unobserved individual … re-weighting technique (inverse propensity weighting) based on the probability to attain higher education. We use Swedish …