We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …

difference in favour of father’s education over mother’s education. …

We investigate the racial gap in test scores between white and non-white students in Britain both in levels and … differences in parents' involvement in education. We find that a non-negligible part of the test score racial gap can be explained … by these cultural differences. In particular, we show that if non-white parents would invest in education of their 11 …

can speak the same language. The value of trade increases in each participant's level of education. We compare a bilingual … education system, under which the individuals who take education become bilingual, with a unilingual system, under which the … optimal when education levels are centralized. In the decentralized equilibrium, individuals (i) vote over education systems …

officials' handling of a large education grant program. Combining survey and administrative data, we show that the campaign was …

Household Panel Study. Mother’s education is found to be a very powerful predictor of their children’s educational attainments … men moderately, but the effects on young women’s education are small. Part, if not all, of this negative effect of living …

that mortality risks are a major source of risks in returns to education in developing countries. We show that, in the …. Uncertain returns to education, endogenous mortality or imperfect capital markets unambiguously increase child labour. When the …