This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health … inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration … indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more pronounced when using subjective health measures than when using …

investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality using the German Socio-Economic Panel. We consider doctor visits …, self-reported health, and presence of chronic illness as health measures. After controlling for initial health conditions …

investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality using the German Socio-Economic Panel. We consider doctor visits …, self-reported health, and presence of chronic illness as health measures. After controlling for initial health conditions …

We estimate average causal effects of early-life hunger on late-life health by applying instrumental variable …

We estimate average causal effects of early-life hunger on late-life health by applying instrumental variable …