literature, which focused on inefficient health behavior of the less educated, we investigate the extent to which the education … delayed through health expenditure. Individuals are heterogeneous with respect to their return to education. The proposed … why compulsory schooling has comparatively small effects on longevity and why the gradient gets larger over time through …

polio and the vaccine against it, (2) experiencing forced migration, studied through the case of Yugoslavian refugees in … understandinghow these shocks can affect the educational attainment, adult health, and adult income of the children who lived through …, education, or health. Through the study of the case of polio, this thesis contributes to our understanding of scarring effects …

We examine causal links between energy consumption and health indicators (Mortality rate under-5, life expectancy … Wald tests with country specific bootstrap critical values. Our results show that health and energy consumption are … strongly linked in Africa. Unilateral causality is found from energy consumption to life expectancy and child under-5 mortality …

Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits …