We provide new evidence on the effect of adolescent health behaviors/outcomes (obesity, depression, smoking, and … Adult Health. We take two different approaches to deal with omitted variable bias and reverse causality. Our first approach … attends to the issue of reverse causality by using health polygenic scores (PGSs) as proxies for actual adolescent health …

In this study, we analyze health effects of a recent education reform in Germany exposing students to increased … schooling intensity. The reform shortened the higher secondary education track by one year. As the overall curriculum required … significantly reduced adolescents' self-rated mental health status. The overall effect on the mental component summary score (MCS …

formation of health capital and the role played by genetic endowments, parental SES, and education. To measure genetic …, including early health, skills, and the parents' and child's own attitudes towards education, as well as outcomes related to … occupation and wealth. We also show that a strong association between education and health survives controlling for a large set …

"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the … NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. Recent research shows that health at birth is affected by many factors …, including maternal education, behaviors, and participation in social programs. In turn, endowments at birth are predictive of …