This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … instrumenting maternal education by the number of her siblings while conditioning on a set of variables describing the grandparents … variation in the years of education by affecting the household resources available per child. We present evidence for strong and …

large-scale physical destruction on the educational attainment, health status and labor market outcomes of German children …, long-lasting detrimental effects on the human capital formation, health and labor market outcomes of Germans who were at … had lower self-reported health satisfaction in adulthood. Third, their future labor market earnings decreased by 6% on …

large-scale physical destruction on the educational attainment, health status and labor market outcomes of German children …, long-lasting detrimental effects on the human capital formation, health and labor market outcomes of Germans who were at … had lower self-reported health satisfaction in adulthood. Third, their future labor market earnings decreased by 6% on …

behavior. Overall, our estimates suggest significant non-monetary returns to education with respect to health outcomes and not …In this paper we investigate the causal effect of years of schooling on health and health-related behavior in West … for women. Moreover, we provide somewhat weaker evidence of a causal effect of education on the likelihood of having …

The economic costs of chronic health conditions and severe illnesses like diabetes, coronary heart disease or cancer … these illnesses. Changes in health relevant behaviour may therefore lead to a decline of avoidable illnesses and related … health care costs. In this context, we use German micro data to identify determinants of smoking, drinking and obesity. Our …