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of these effects vary sharply. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and HIV are the most significant sources of mortality rate …We examine gender and race differences in education-mortality trends among 25-64 year olds in the United States from … 2001-2018. The data indicate that the relationships are heterogeneous with larger mortality reductions for less educated …
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This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes in Germany. We apply an instrumental variables approach that has not yet been used in the intergenerational context. For that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set...
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low-SES patients' mortality, while high-SES patients' mortality does not depend on their physicians' background. Together …, they translate to a 24% reduction in the SES-mortality gradient. SES concordance changes the health behavior of the patient …
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This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes in Germany. We apply an instrumental variables approach that has not yet been used in the intergenerational context. For that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set...
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The research developed in this paper estimates the role of weight status in intergenerational correlations of educational attainment between women and their children. I consider a model of how obesity may influence the accumulation of human capital and its correlation across generations. Credit...
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probabilities that are less accurate in predicting their in-sample mortality. There is little evidence that the gradients in the … veracity of expectations are due to the less educated and cognitively able responding less to changes in objective mortality …
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I study the association between cognitive and non-cognitive abilities and mortality, and investigate how well income … and education act as proxy measures for ability. The risk of premature mortality is estimated using Cox proportional … mortality, independently and through income and education. Non-cognitive ability is a stronger predictor of the risk of …
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positive selection on health from high infant mortality rates during this period (18 percent), our findings suggest a strong …
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