We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … the long run for 23% to 45% of the entire effect of education on health, depending on gender. …

using household indicators on expenditures, educational level, health status and land holdings. The purpose is to assess …

education increases son's cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar … across research designs and suggest that a substantial part of the effect of parental education on the children's education … works through improving children's skills and health. …

health shock. Using data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register and national registers on education, employment, and …This study investigates the impact of childhood health on labor market outcomes. We used type 1 diabetes as an … instrument of health because its cause is multifactorial and it is triggered by a complex combination of genetic and …

education on family formation through changes in the marriage market. My empirical strategy exploits the gradual implementation … of a large school reform in Finland that increased women's relative level of education. I analyze the reduced … markets with a larger female advantage in education men had fewer children and were less likely to be in a couple by age 40. I …

This study throws light on the potential non-linear effects of education on individual health and health … non-significant effects. Our results point to a complex link between education and health. On the one hand, higher … education channels individuals into some healthy behaviors and better health outcomes namely healthy eating, more physical …

We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary … increased educational attainment and that an increase in education has changed women's preferences. An increase in schooling …, triggered by the program, had an impact on women's attitudes towards matters that impact women's health and on attitudes …

methodology and microeconomics. These were aspects of economics with which Minsky is not usually associated, but which lie at the …