We investigate two parallel school reforms in Sweden to assess the long-run health effects of education. One reform …-tracking and peers from that of more schooling. We find that the pure years of schooling reform reduced mortality and improved …

health outcomes in the second generation: mortality, measures based on data on hospitalization and, finally, measures using … birth outcomes for the third generation. The results show that all of the persistence in mortality is transmitted solely via …

contingent valuation surveys that elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions. We examine the importance of …

This paper presents an analysis of the differential role of mortality for the optimal schooling and retirement age when … important contributions. First, we provide the conditions under which a decrease in mortality leads to a longer education period …

interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which …