explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health … and Retirement Study reveals that individuals with lower levels of education and cognitive functioning report survival …

Prior research has uncovered a large and positive correlation between education and health. This paper examines whether … education has a causal impact on health. I follow synthetic cohorts using successive U.S. censuses to estimate the impact of … educational attainment on mortality rates. I use compulsory education laws from 1915 to 1939 as instruments for education. The …

This paper assesses inequality in longevity across education and gender groups in 23 OECD countries around 2011. Data … and 65 by gender and education. These estimates show that, on average, the gap in life expectancy between high and low …. Other measures of inequalities in longevity by education (such as country averages of age-standardised mortality rates and …

the lifecycle, education, social benefits take-up, and adult mortality. For this purpose, we have linked a unique dataset … enables us to study how the impact of birth weight on income and education of young adults has changed across cohorts born …