In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood … age reduces the long-term risk to smoke, improves long-term health, and affects physical rather than mental health. In …

education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that …Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from … determines an individual's demand for knowledge and health based on the causal effects, and study the impacts on the individual …

increased school emphasis on health promotion affects academic performance. Although education and health promotion are … incentives to improve student health increase the impact of school-based programs on student health outcomes, but may also lead …

This paper examines empirically whether midwifes, as an integral part of the health and family planning programs in … also stay longer in post-primary school. According to the average returns of education in Indonesia, I conclude that family …

A population’s education levels determine its health status and in turn its economic growth. Despite considerable … research, the mechanisms through which education influences health seeking behaviour and the way it is operationalised is still … a subject of intense debate. Consequently, considerable resources are continuing to be spent on education and health …

life-saving interventions within the health care sector. An online discrete choice experiment was conducted with a sample … suicides in comparison to deaths due to pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and acute heart attack. The choice set consisted of … lives by suicide prevention lower than saving lives from pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, or acute heart attack. …

examine a setting with large potential externality benefits: vaccination mandates for health care workers. I find that the … health care worker vaccination are particularly large. …

Does working time affect workers' health? We study this question in the context of a French reform which reduced the …' health. We find that longer working hours increase smoking and decrease self-reported health, and that these impacts are …

The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the … that high-income states in 1992 were better able to enact public health strategies and adopt behaviors that, over the next …