Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They find that higher levels of education … addition, they find that more education is associated with better health behaviors: Better-educated individuals smoke less …In a recent research paper, health economists David Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney analyze data primarily from the …

health behaviors. The results indicate that smoking is positively associated with education at all levels with a decreasing … in Turkey which is a developing country. The health behaviors considered are smoking, drinking, fruit and vegetable … effect with the level of education unlike in the developed countries. This result indicates that smoking is a serious public …

basic services would help in improving outcomes in the south, with a focus on health and education. Finally, we discuss the … existing evidence on the impact that programs such as the Education, Health, and Nutrition Program (Programa de Educación …

the trends in educational and health infrastructure availability in the region; trends in educational attainments and … health standards of the people; trends in people’s access to social infrastructure and their affordability – especially among …

I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an … health. I explore some mechanisms through which education may affect health, but education does not seem to promote healthy … lifestyles, increase the use of modern healthcare services, or improve access to health insurance; if anything, education …

This paper explores the causal pathway by which poor fetal health translates into reducing educational attainment and … impairment, both subtypes exhibit similar impairment to physical health. And finally, there is evidence that the causes and … differentiating between these subtypes may offer new opportunities to identify the underlying casual relationships between health and …

decision on smoking are education, employment and income. People with low education and income are more likely to smoke …Smoking is a leading cause for diseases and death. Information on factors affecting the smoking status is useful for … policies on smoking reduction, especially in developing countries. This paper examines to what extent individuals …

Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … are used to minimize bias from confounding factors. Our results suggest that the relationship between prenatal smoking and …

This paper examines the relationship between the education level of Spanish emigrants and their country of destination … destination countries can be due to dissimilarities in their level of education. To explore this, we use census microdata covering …