This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital …

We study the effects of genetic endowments on inequalities in education, income, and health. Specifically, we conduct … wages for each additional year of education obtained in a US sample. Thus, the implications of genetic endowments are … malleable, for example, via policies targeting education. …

This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …