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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital. The Role of Skills and Health
Lundborg, Petter; Nordin, Martin; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2012
education increases son's cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar … works through improving children's skills and health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208618
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The intergenerational transmission of human capital: Exploring the role of skills and health using data on adoptees and twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nordin, Martin; Rooth, Dan Olof - 2011
's cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children …'s cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. These results suggest that the effect of parents' education on … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282495
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The health returns to education : what can we learn from twins?
Lundborg, Petter - 2008
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374414
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The intergenerational transmission of human capital : exploring the role of skills and health using data on adoptees and twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nordin, Martin; Rooth, Dan Olof - 2011
's cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children …'s cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. These results suggest that the effect of parents' education on … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009518426
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital : Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins
Lundborg, Petter - 2011
's cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children …'s cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. These results suggest that the effect of parents' education on … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118516
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The Health Returns to Education - What Can We Learn from Twins?
Lundborg, Petter - 2008
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219300
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The Health Returns to Education : What Can We Learn from Twins?
Lundborg, Petter - 2021
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325295
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital. The Role of Skills and Health
Lundborg, Petter; Nordin, Martin; Rooth, Dan Olof - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2012
education increases son's cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar … works through improving children's skills and health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734784
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nordin, Martin; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
's cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our results show that greater parental education increases children …'s cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. These results suggest that the effect of parents' education on … children's education may work partly through the positive effect that parental education has on children's skills and health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371896
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No country for fat men? Obesity, earnings, skills, and health among 450,000 Swedish men
Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2010
The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known about the mechanisms through which the association arises. Using rich and unique data on 450,000 Swedish men enlisting for the military, we find that the crude obesity penalty in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269493