This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … education on health. Higher educational levels are found to be positively related to self-reported health but negatively related …

the education disparity in diet. However, when faced with the most explicit health information regarding diet, lower … theoretical prediction that part of the education differences across health behaviours is driven by the "marginal value of health …" rising with education. …

explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health … and Retirement Study reveals that individuals with lower levels of education and cognitive functioning report survival …

In this paper we hypothesize that education is associated with a higher efficiency of health investment, yet that this … COPD, education still plays a role. …

education. …

-vocational intermediate level education: they score highest on health, wealth and happiness. We find that IQ affects health, but not wealth or …

socioeconomic status. Here, we estimate a lower bound for the relevance of these two lotteries for differences in education, income … inequalities in education, wages and BMI in the UK are due to inequalities in opportunity that arise from the outcomes of the …