This paper estimates the causal effects of parental education on their children's risky health behaviours and health … intergenerational effects of education on health and health-related behaviours exceed the direct effects. Studies neglecting the … often result from unhealthy lifestyles. No such effects can be identified for paternal education. Increased investments in …

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 …This study presents a new view on the association between education and longevity. In contrast to the earlier …

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 …

This paper presents evidence of substantial causal effects of parental education on children's health behaviours and … investments in their education are possible effect channels. The intergenerational effects exceed the direct effects on health. … long-term health. We study intergenerational effects of a compulsory schooling increase in Germany after World War II …

incorporates mental and physical health. Correlated mental and physical health production functions are simultaneously estimated …, including the endogenous decisions to seek psychotherapy and smoke cigarettes as health accumulation factors. The model is … indicate that mental health has a stronger impact on labor supply than physical health. At the same time, estimates show that …

changes later in childhood. Since smoking is one source of producing carbon monoxide and thus affects child health negatively …This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child's health during the first three years of life …

-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. They are distinguished from the labor market outcomes of education in terms … these effects operate. The chapter pays a good deal of attention to the effects of education on health for a variety of …This chapter explores the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives …

changes later in childhood. Since smoking is one source of producing carbon monoxide and thus affects child health negatively …This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children’s health from birth until the age of three …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child’s health during the first three years of life …

We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to … smoke more cigarettes than those with better non-smoking health. We present evidence of selection, relying on extensive data … on morbidity and mortality. We show that health based selection into smoking has increased over the last fifty years with …