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 …

different levels of schooling on health, health-related behaviors, and labor market outcomes. We develop an approach that is a … responses to education and find evidence for substantial heterogeneity in unobserved variables on which agents make choices. The … estimated treatment effects of education are decomposed into the direct benefits of attaining a given level of schooling and …

This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in … differentials. For some, there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling. …

spillovers to achievement test scores. -- obesity ; physical activity ; physical education ; children ; health … have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …

I compare education-, income-, and wealth-related health inequality using data from 11 European countries and the US …. The health distributions in the US, England and France are relatively unequal independent of the stratifying variable …

higher education. The effect on eighth grade completion was weakly significant at best, while the effect on high school …

school calendar and have implications for policies targeted toward women's and teenage children's health and well-being …

This study investigates the relationship between abstinence-only education and various reproductive health outcomes …, providing valuable insights into the potential impact of abstinence-only education on reproductive health. This study emphasizes … the importance of comprehensive sex education and access to reliable information in promoting better reproductive health …

health outcomes. -- Specialization ; experience ; cancer ; survival …-outcome relationship on a regional (county or cancer registry) level. Using data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance …, Epidemiology and End Results program we find that regions with relatively more of the same cancer type exhibit relatively better …

U.S. cancer screening guidelines recommend that cancer screening begin for breast cancer at age 40 and for colorectal … cancer and prostate cancers at age 50. What are the marginal returns to physician and individual compliance with these cancer … screening guidelines? We estimate the marginal benefits by comparing cancer test and cancer detection rates on either side of …