this argument is if the germ theory and its implications were so quickly and widely diffused. Schooling was an instrument …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and … optimal schooling. The observed increase in survival rates during working ages that follows from the "rectangularization" of … the survival function is crucial for schooling and labor supply. The empirical results suggest that the relative benefits …

This paper studies the effects of son-preference by parents and earnings function bias on child labor and schooling in … female children working more than male children. But it does not lead to gender differential in schooling, except when the … labor and schooling. Dowry and marriage expenses can lead to inefficiently low level of schooling and high level of child …

This paper estimates the health returns to schooling, using a twin design. For this purpose, I use data on monozygotic … measured through self-reported health, chronic conditions, and exercise behavior, but that additional schooling does not lead …

Using new and unique panel data, we investigate the role of long-term health and childhood malnutrition in schooling …

are correlated with differences in years of schooling, which affect cognitive functioning at old ages, they are invalid as … instruments without controlling for schooling. We show by means of simulation and a replication study that unless the model … incorporates schooling, the estimated effect of retirement is negatively biased. This explains a large part of the “mental …