We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and … Continental Europe, implemented between 1936 and 1975. We assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological … children and the incidence of childlessness. We find surprising results for Continental Europe: the additional education …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and … Continental Europe, implemented between 1936 and 1975. We assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological … children and the incidence of childlessness. We find surprising results for Continental Europe: the additional education …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short … latter we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education … and behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health, we find that education has a …

effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV … impact of years of schooling on BMI with one relying on a broader measure of education, i.e. individual standardized … cognitive tests, and show that the current focus in the literature on years of schooling as the measure of education is not …

the measure of education we show that the current focus in the literature on years of schooling is not misplaced. We also … investigate whether the response to changes in compulsory education is heterogeneous, and find that the protective effect of …