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

This paper estimates the causal effects of parental education on their children's risky health behaviours and health … in family income, family stability, fertility and parental health-related behaviours are less relevant empirically. The … intergenerational effects of education on health and health-related behaviours exceed the direct effects. Studies neglecting the …

Newborn health is an important component in the chain of intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. This paper … contributes to the literature on the determinants of health at birth in two ways. First, we analyze the role of maternal … endowments and investments (education and smoking in pregnancy) on the probability of having a baby who is small for gestational …

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 …

explain the connection. The health behaviour of the children and the health accumulated over the life course appear as …

link. Children's health behaviour and the health accumulated over the life course appear as important channels. The …