that schooling alters the input mix chosen to produce health. This suggests that the more educated have more knowledge … about the health production function and they have more health knowledge. This paper uses data from the 1997 and 2002 waves … health knowledge. The survey design allows us to observe the increase in health knowledge of young adults after their level …

Using data from NLSY97 we analyze the impact of education on health behavior. Controlling for health knowledge does not …