Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health out-come, we find that … education has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …