We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … education are still substantial, and amount to a 4 years gain in life expectancy, on average. …

Large differences in mortality rates across those with different levels of education are a well- established fact. This … association between mortality and education may partly be explained by confounding factors, including cognitive ability. Cognitive … ability may also be affected by education so that it becomes a mediating factor in the causal chain. In this paper we estimate …

larger on level of cognitive deficit than on rate of cognitive decline. Moreover, education plays a more important role in …

family income, parents' education, race/ethnicity and gender, being better-looking raised subsequent changes in measurements …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …

-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …

program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES children …