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This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in Turkey. We exploit the largely exogenous and substantial increase in the openings of universities throughout Turkey. Based on the spatial and temporal variability of university...
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This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124239
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005783
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159294
This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601017
earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide … effects concentrated in the low birthweight range. Infant health measures appear to explain little of the well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350481
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870149
We use individual data from SAGE and RLMS surveys to infer whether education has an effect on the health of Russian … is used to assess the former effect which implies profound changes in understanding individual's health and how health … care system works. The latter way means changes in the health-related behaviour, estimates for which are deduced by OLS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984787
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923234
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807504