This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in … differentials. For some, there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling. …

We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental … of education for those at the lower end of the ability distribution whereas MR affects individuals across the entire … distribution. We find that estimates using each approach are remarkably congruent for a wide range of health outcomes. Effect sizes …

This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health outcomes. To identify the causal effect we … explore exogenous variation in parental education induced by a schooling reform in 1947, which raised the minimum school … leaving age by one year had little effect on the health of their offspring. Schooling did however improve economic …

Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for … example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality – ranging from zero to large … compulsory education both in the shorter and longer run. In contrast, compulsory schooling reforms have little or no effect on …

increased years of schooling. This finding suggests limited health returns to schooling at the lower level of educational …

schooling intensity on student well-being in life and school, perceived stress, mental health indicators and self … and mental health than for boys. Unexpectedly, male subjective general well-being slightly increases with the reform …

We provide new evidence on the effect of education on later life health. Using variation in state compulsory schooling … laws, we examine education's effect on a range of outcomes encompassing physical health, decision-making, and life … expectancy. We employ under-utilized Health and Retirement Study data linked to restricted geographic identifiers, allowing us to …

Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing …. In this paper we estimate this average causal effect on health outcomes later in life, by applying instrumental variable …

Food security and obesity represent two of the most significant public health issues. However, little is known about … relatively long-run measures of child health. Identifying this causal relationship is complicated due to endogenous selection and …

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on … individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health …