There is a large and persistent association between education and health. In this paper, we review what is known about … this link. We first document the facts about the relationship between education and health. The education %u2018gradient …%u2019 is found for both health behaviors and health status, though the former does not fully explain the latter. The effect …

Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to … fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 years. At the same time, mortality rates … years. This difference persists despite the remarkable progress in health improvement in the last half century, at least …

Education is strongly associated with better health and longer lives. However, the extent to which education causes … health and longevity is widely debated. We develop a human capital framework to structure the interpretation of the empirical … evidence. We then review evidence on the causal effects of education on mortality and its two most common preventable causes …