Avitabile, Ciro; Jappelli, Tullio; Padula, Mario - Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) - 2008
The association between health outcomes and education – the health-education gradient - is widely documented but little is known about its source. Using microeconomic data on a sample of individuals aged 50+ in eight European countries, we find that education and cognitive skills (such as...