With regard to their future health, adolescents are at a critical stage. Previous evaluations have shown that health … designed a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives to promote participation in health screenings … treatment group received a e40 shopping voucher if they participated in an age-specific health screening. On average, the …

With regard to their future health, adolescents are at a critical stage. Previous evaluations have shown that health … designed a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives to promote participation in health screenings … treatment group received a e40 shopping voucher if they participated in an age-specific health screening. On average, the …

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health and schooling outcomes … that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows … significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behaviour for adolescent …

While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … hypothetical investment scenarios. We show that perceived returns are predictive of health investments and outcomes, and that less … educated parents perceive the returns to health investments to be lower, thus contributing to the socioeconomic inequality in …

earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide …-stage least squares (NEC2SLS) estimator that draws on internal instruments from alternative dimensions of the multi-level panel … effects concentrated in the low birthweight range. Infant health measures appear to explain little of the well …

This is the first study which provides empirical analysis of the variation in health behaviors for adult men and women … in Turkey which is a developing country. The health behaviors considered are smoking, drinking, fruit and vegetable … health behaviors. The results indicate that smoking is positively associated with education at all levels with a decreasing …

This is the first study which provides empirical analysis of the variation in health behaviors for adult men and women … in Turkey which is a developing country. The health behaviors considered are smoking, drinking, fruit and vegetable … health behaviors. The results indicate that smoking is positively associated with education at all levels with a decreasing …

This is the first study which provides empirical analysis of the variation in health behaviors for adult men and women … in Turkey which is a developing country. The health behaviors considered are smoking, drinking, fruit and vegetable … health behaviors. The results indicate that smoking is positively associated with education at all levels with a decreasing …

This study provides causal effect of education on health behaviors in Turkey which is a middle income developing … country. Health Survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute for the years 2008, 2010 and 2012 are used. The health behaviors … considered are smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption, exercising and one health outcome namely, the body …