Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J.; Urzua, Sergio - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2010
This paper examines the early origins of observed health disparities by education. We determine the role played by cognitive, noncognitive and early health endowments, and we identify the causal effect of education on health and health-related behaviors. We show that family background...