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literature, which focused on inefficient health behavior of the less educated, we investigate the extent to which the education … delayed through health expenditure. Individuals are heterogeneous with respect to their return to education. The proposed …This study presents a new view on the association between education and longevity. In contrast to the earlier …
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This study complements existing literature on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and human capital by introducing previously unexplored indicators as well as more robust empirical strategies. The overarching purpose is to assess whether previous findings on the relationship withstand empirical...
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We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160301
literature, which focused on inefficient health behavior of the less educated, we investigate the extent to which the education … delayed through health expenditure. Individuals are heterogeneous with respect to their return to education. The proposed …This study presents a new view on the association between education and longevity. In contrast to the earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979921
This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … degrees, but do not affect child health and self-reported adult health. The impact of language on fertility outcomes is also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012015
Many studies suggest that years of formal schooling completed is the most important correlate of good health. There is … much less consensus as to whether this correlation reflects causality from more schooling to better health. The … relationship may be traced in part to reverse causality and may also reflect "omitted third variables" that cause health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014029
We use individual data from SAGE and RLMS surveys to infer whether education has an effect on the health of Russian … is used to assess the former effect which implies profound changes in understanding individual's health and how health … care system works. The latter way means changes in the health-related behaviour, estimates for which are deduced by OLS …
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expectancy at birth and infant mortality rate (health dimension), literacy rate (education dimension) and PPA and population …The relation between socioeconomic conditions and health has been widely considered in the economic literature. In this … context, income level and education are considered key factors because of their relative important effect over the population …
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, extend the empirical approach in two ways. First, we add health as an additional outcome dimension. Second, we apply a semi …
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This paper studies distributional effects of education on health. In 1972, England, Scotland, and Wales raised their … objective health measures for 0.27 million individuals, we find that education reduced body size and increased blood pressure in …
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