This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define … absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance … provide robust empirical evidence that respondents who overestimate their health are less likely to exercise and sleep enough …

long-term health. We study intergenerational effects of a compulsory schooling increase in Germany after World War II …This paper presents evidence of substantial causal effects of parental education on children's health behaviours and …, which was implemented across federal states at different points in time. Maternal schooling reduces children's smoking and …