to an individual's health and mortality. Our analysis finds that unafflicted school students change their behaviour …

’s health and mortality. Our analysis finds that unafflicted school students change their behaviour substantially, affecting …

to an individual's health and mortality. Our analysis finds that unafflicted school students change their behaviour …

We present a theory of human capital, with its two most essential components, health capital and, what we term, skill … an important economic mechanism driving human-capital formation, socio-economic and health disparities, human …-capital based economic growth, and causal relations among the stocks of wealth, skill and health, namely whether individuals can …

. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error … across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the pooled National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES … health disparities across education that average 19.3%. …

This paper examines the effects of education on health and hospitalization over the life cycle. Using administrative … data, we leverage a 1972 compulsory schooling reform within the United Kingdom which produced a large increase in … showing that these effects vary heterogeneously over the life-cycle - with the largest health improvements occurring among men …

and education all result from individual decisions. The model displays different regimes, allowing the economy to move …

calibrated version we and that education always increases if life expectancy rises but the effect on the capital stock is still … potentially offsetting effects at work in models with endogenous education and overlapping generations which is key for …

parents are of poor health, unable to invest much in reducing mortality risk and improving their human capital. Consequently …Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health … status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. We introduce health human …