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Education, Cognition, Health Knowledge, and Health Behavior
Mocan, Naci H. - 2012
, suggesting that cognition is not likely to be a significant factor in explaining the impact of education on health behaviors …Using data from the NLSY97 we analyze the impact of education on health behaviors, measured by smoking and heavy … drinking. Controlling for health knowledge does not influence the impact of education on health behaviors, supporting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108255
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Effects of Weight on Children's Educational Achievement
Kaestner, Robert - 2010
In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and children's educational achievement, as measured by scores on Peabody Individual Achievement Tests in math and reading, and grade attainment. Data for the study came from the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759568
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The Roles of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills in Moderating the Effects of Mixed-Ability Schools on Long-Term Health
Basu, Anirban - 2015
-term health and smoking behaviour. We explore the roles that cognitive and non-cognitive skills may play in moderating these … schooling system produced significant negative effects on long-term health and increased smoking behavior among a small fraction … transmission channel of the long-term impact on health outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031018
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Non-Cognitive Ability, Test Scores, and Teacher Quality : Evidence from 9th Grade Teachers in North Carolina
Kirabo Jackson, C. - 2012
This paper presents a model where teacher effects on long-run outcomes reflect effects on both cognitive skills (measured by test-scores) and non-cognitive skills (measured by non-test-score outcomes). Consistent with the model, results from administrative data show that teachers have causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096480
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The Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Skills
Carlsson, Magnus - 2012
How schooling affects cognitive skills is a fundamental question for studies of human capital and labor markets. While scores on cognitive ability tests are positively associated with schooling, it has proven difficult to ascertain whether this relationship is causal. Moreover, the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099118
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Maternal Stress and Child Outcomes : Evidence from Siblings
Aizer, Anna - 2012
stress hormone cortisol negatively affects offspring cognition, health and educational attainment. These findings are based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100132
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Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152508
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The Long-Term Cognitive and Schooling Effects of Childhood Vaccinations in China
Oskorouchi, Hamid - 2020
By exploiting rich retrospective data on childhood immunization, socioeconomics, and health status in China (the China … Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study), we assess the long-term effects of childhood vaccination on cognitive and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833122
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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758020
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The Non-Cognitive Returns to Class Size
Dee, Thomas S. - 2010
Although recent evidence suggests that non-cognitive skills such as engagement matter for academic and economic success, there is little evidence on how key educational inputs affect the development of these skills. We present a re-analysis of follow-up data from the Project STAR class-size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759314