Smoking, low physical activity and frequent alcohol consumption may have substantial health risks in terms of disease …, quality of life and mortality. Understanding inequality in relation to these behaviours among older people is important in the … exist between the two regions. We find that smoking and low physical activity are more concentrated among those with lower …

example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality – ranging from zero to large … mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we … quantify the mean mortality effect and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that men benefit from …

This paper reviews the extent to which policy interventions can affect risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking and …