This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in … BMI by about 0.21% and the probability of being classified as obese by 0.44 percentage points. Regarding smoking, we find …

attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …

' health. We find that longer working hours increase smoking and decrease self-reported health, and that these impacts are …Does working time affect workers' health? We study this question in the context of a French reform which reduced the …

The current study investigated individuals' responses and evaluations of worksite health programs and policies. Upper … employees' health behaviors. The findings showed that individuals' nutrition orientations accelerated the decrease in legitimacy … ratings that accompanied increased control over employee fitness and health risk appraisal. On the other hand , individuals …

attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …

This paper considers the long-term effects of smoking on disability retirement. Exploiting population-wide registry … status and health. We also contribute by comparing effects on different diagnoses for which disability pension was granted …, thus shedding some light on the biological mechanisms linking smoking to disability retirement. We demonstrate a strong …

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 …

of factors behind the health-status in 16 European countries, focusing on behavioral risk factors (smoking, alcohol …It is now common to use the individual's self-assessed-health-status (SAHS) as a measure of health. The use of SAHS is … 2011 wave of the rich Survey of Health Aging and Retirement Europe (SHARE) is used for the exploration of the full spectrum …