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Using data from the Health Survey for England and the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, we estimate the causal … effect of schooling on health. Identification comes from two nation wide increases in British compulsory school leaving age … exogenous variation in schooling by using biomarkers as measures of health outcomes in addition to self-reported measures. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596598
In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of years of schooling on health and health-related behavior in West …. Overall, our estimates suggest significant non-monetary returns to education with respect to health and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270200
Using data from the Health Survey for England and the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, we estimate the causal … effect of schooling on health. Identification comes from two nation wide increases in British compulsory school leaving age … exogenous variation in schooling by using biomarkers as measures of health outcomes in addition to self-reported measures. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270516
association between schooling and health behaviors using OLS, we do not find support for the notion that education causes better … health behavior. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472772
Using data from the Health Survey for England and the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, we estimate the causal … effect of schooling on health. Identification comes from two nation wide increases in British compulsory school leaving age … exogenous variation in schooling by using biomarkers as measures of health outcomes in addition to self-reported measures. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472780
Using data from the Health Survey for England and the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing, we estimate the causal … effect of schooling on health. Identification comes from two nation wide increases in British compulsory school leaving age … exogenous variation in schooling by using biomarkers as measures of health outcomes in addition to self-reported measures. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981981
We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a … strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the … children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from "objectively measured" health problems - except for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003821878
This paper uses data from SHARE 2004 to analyze one possible causal pathway of the health-wealth gradient, namely … differences in the marginal propensity to save and spend across different health states. Conditional on age and current wealth, I … find weak relationships between health and the intended use of a hypothetical windfall gift as well bequest expectations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205628
Education is arguably the most important correlate of health We study education-related inequality in the physical of … suggest that education is strongly correlated with health both across and within countries. Education-related inequality in … health is larger in Mediterranean and Anglo-Saxon countries than in western European countries. We find no evidence of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205631
We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a … strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the … children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from ‘objectively measured’ health problems - except for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205712