This study analyses the relationship between life expectancy and parental education. Based on data from the German … Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children's life … expectancy - even after controlling for children's own level of education. This applies equally to daughters and sons as well as …

This study analyses the relationship between life expectancy and parental education. It extends the previous literature … that focused mostly on the relationship between individuals' own education and their life expectancy. Based on data from … the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children …

This paper assesses inequality in longevity across education and gender groups in 23 OECD countries around 2011. Data …. Other measures of inequalities in longevity by education (such as country averages of age-standardised mortality rates and … cause of death for all gender and education groups after age 65 years, and the first cause of mortality inequality between …

mortality data, and contribute to two bodies of literature. First, we demonstrate a beneficial causal effect of education on … health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based studies of the US population, which show little or no effect of … education on health. Second, we present evidence that parents compensate for differences in their children's health endowments …

of Portugal, indicating favorable health and mortality conditions in Poland. However, Poland's greater relative number of … education is not only paramount for assessing health inequalities across European countries, but also the population composition … health status across Europe. Variations in HLE, however, do not necessarily reflect underlying differences in health and …

paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of …

This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the … and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014 to quantify health inequality due to childhood circumstances for which they … health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …