positive selection on health from high infant mortality rates during this period (18 percent), our findings suggest a strong …

) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and … education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … (across the full range) and CV mortality rate later in life is significantly stronger if the individual is born in a recession …

This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills … identifies the effect by using variation in the required numbers of physical education lessons across and within German federal …

Despite extensive research on nonmarket returns to education, direct and spillover effects on mental health are widely … unstudied. This study is the first to analyze heterogeneous intergenerational effects of children's education on parents' mental … schooling reforms. Increasing children's education reduces parents' long-term probability of developing depression. Fathers and …

This paper presents evidence of substantial causal effects of parental education on children's health behaviours and … unhealthy lifestyles. We find no effects of paternal education. Children's peer environment early in life and increased … investments in their education are possible effect channels. The intergenerational effects exceed the direct effects on health. …

This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills … identifies the effect by using variation in the required numbers of physical education lessons across and within German federal …