Based on the sample of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we investigate the … formation of health capital and the role played by genetic endowments, parental SES, and education. To measure genetic … health and health behaviors for subjects with high parental socioeconomic status (SES). These effects are only partially …

. The negative effect at low levels of schooling may be due to lower average health among marginal surviving children or a … greater propensity to complete secondary school on the other hand may be due to improved health among children who are farther …

This paper examines the effects of education on health and hospitalization over the life cycle. Using administrative … showing that these effects vary heterogeneously over the life-cycle – with the largest health improvements occurring among men …

This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It … provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of … health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practical policies which can be implemented …