This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education …. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student …

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education …. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student …

(higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were …

This paper investigates the role of education in the job search process of the young unemployed workers. Exploiting the … variation in education induced by a reform that caused a dramatic increase in the exposed cohorts' educational attainment, and … education on unemployment duration. We show that high-educated individuals, compared to their low-educated counterparts, stay …

education-health gradient by using alternative measures of child personality available in the National Child Development Study …. We show that, alternatively to the authors conclusions, personality contributes to the education-health gradient to an …

substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity …This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …

substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity …This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …