the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe. …Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared …

relationship between macroeconomic conditions and mortality, controlling for local area and time fixed effects. Consistent with … significant reductions in mortality. Models of mortality by source indicate that the negative relationship between unemployment … and mortality is strongest for deaths due to cardiovascular disease and accidents. A finding that mortality among the …

enrollment in rural Madagascar. We examine firstly if schooling is a principal reason of household’s decision to foster a child … another motivation by accepting to receive them. Results suggest that schooling is not a determinant of fostering-in or …

-secondary education. Higher efficiency in publ ic spending in schools can bolster growth through two main channels. On the one hand, it …

In contrast to health shocks, mortality shocks do not only induce direct costs such as medical and funeral expenses and …

French National Health, Health Care and Insurance Survey in order to elicit measures of time and risk preferences for a … test the associations between preferences and education and between preferences and smoking. Second, nested logistic models …

education and lifestyles in the relationship between early-life conditions and later health. Direct and indirect effects of … early-life conditions on adult health are explored using auxiliary linear regressions of education and lifestyles and panel … attainment on health status in a cohort of British people born in 1958. Using the longitudinal follow-up data at age 23, 33, 42 …

based on a sample of 2,173 men and 3,083 women surveyed in the 2006 Health, Health Care and Insurance Survey (ESPS survey … is mainly indirect: the father’s occupation influences the/his descendant’s education level which is itself associated to … health promotion policies targeting at-risk and disadvantaged parents or their children alongside with policies aiming at …