Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in … late childhood. We estimate that a one standard deviation reduction in childhood diarrhea mortality rates results in about …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … increases a woman's probability of having a CS. Also, delivery-related birth outcomes improve: maternal mortality, birth …

positive selection on health from high infant mortality rates during this period (18 percent), our findings suggest a strong …

We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … detailed measures of cognitive ability and family background at age 12. The data are subsequently linked to the mortality … register 1995-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that at least half of the …

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 … the impact of education on mortality using inverse probability weighted (IPW) estimators, using either cognitive ability …

the lifecycle, education, social benefits take-up, and adult mortality. For this purpose, we have linked a unique dataset … insurance and that birth weight matters for adult mortality. We supplement our main analysis with more recent data, which …

lower educated. We address whether the educational gradient in the mortality rate can be explained by the educational …, linked to administrative Swedish registers. Our empirical results indicate a clear educational gradient in mortality and in … the impact of CVD hospitalisation on mortality. The implied educational gain in the number of months lost is, however …

We investigate the returns to college attendance in Canada in terms of health and mortality reduction. To do so, we ….3% reduction in lifetime hospital stays, 19.7 for specialists). We find that education impacts mortality mostly by delaying the …. The impact on mortality are found to be larger than those estimated from the health microsimulation model (hazard ratio of …