Using data from NLSY97 we analyze the impact of education on health behavior. Controlling for health knowledge does not … influence the impact of education on health behavior, supporting the productive efficiency hypothesis. Accounting for cognitive … ability does not significantly alter the relationship between education and health behavior. Similarly, the impact of …

drinking. Controlling for health knowledge does not influence the impact of education on health behaviors, supporting the …Using data from the NLSY97 we analyze the impact of education on health behaviors, measured by smoking and heavy … between education and health behaviors, this effect disappears once the models control for family fixed effects. Similarly …