I study the association between cognitive and non-cognitive abilities and mortality, and investigate how well income … and education act as proxy measures for ability. The risk of premature mortality is estimated using Cox proportional … mortality, independently and through income and education. Non-cognitive ability is a stronger predictor of the risk of …

mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between 1940 and 1967. The data include detailed information on both …

life attainment using detailed data on the entire population living in Sweden anytime between 1968 and 2012. In addition …, we use rich contextual data on morbidity and mortality, as well as on the socioeconomic status of parents, for the period … influenza suffered from worse adult health and, for males, also increased mortality at old ages, particularly in cancer. Their …