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health outcomes as adults. Using Census and DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa, we show that individuals conceived during heat … waves have higher educational attainment and literacy, fewer disabilities, and lower child mortality. However, we find no …
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. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error … across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the pooled National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES … health disparities across education that average 19.3%. …
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and education all result from individual decisions. The model displays different regimes, allowing the economy to move …
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and education all result from individual decisions. The model displays different regimes, allowing the economy to move …
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calibrated version we and that education always increases if life expectancy rises but the effect on the capital stock is still … potentially offsetting effects at work in models with endogenous education and overlapping generations which is key for …
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education significantly increases health knowledge, with a one-year increase in schooling increasing the health knowledge index … due to the education reforms did not significantly affect health knowledge: a one-year increase in schooling is estimated …We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …
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education significantly increases health knowledge, with a one-year increase in schooling increasing the health knowledge index … due to the education reforms did not significantly affect health knowledge: a one-year increase in schooling is estimated …We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …
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In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of education on health using an instrumental variable approach. The … tests than previous studies. The results indicate no causal impact of education on either perceived health or anthropometric … health. With regard to the impact of education on male health behavior, namely smoking, we cannot provide conclusive results …
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, health, nutrition and education are explicitly simultaneous. We find a unidirectional relationship that improving basic … their situation. Channelling resources towards improving health, education and nutrition could bring dramatic economic …
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