Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health … explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health … probabilities that are less accurate in predicting their in-sample mortality. There is little evidence that the gradients in the …

of Portugal, indicating favorable health and mortality conditions in Poland. However, Poland's greater relative number of … health status across Europe. Variations in HLE, however, do not necessarily reflect underlying differences in health and … mortality levels among countries and are particularly sensitive when broken down by population subgroups. For instance, despite …

HDI calculation method nor the decomposition of the HDI into its education, standard of living and health sub-indices. …

understandinghow these shocks can affect the educational attainment, adult health, and adult income of the children who lived through …, education, or health. Through the study of the case of polio, this thesis contributes to our understanding of scarring effects … association between parental loss during childhood and lower adult income, educational attainment, and worse health. This analysis …

mortality data, and contribute to two bodies of literature. First, we demonstrate a beneficial causal effect of education on … health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based studies of the US population, which show little or no effect of … education on health. Second, we present evidence that parents compensate for differences in their children's health endowments …