Do differences in health literacy contribute to the widely documented health-income gradient? In the context of Sweden … professional in the family – and health. Exposure to expertise raises preventive health investments throughout the lifecycle …, we document a strong relationship between exposure to health-related expertise – captured by the presence of a health …

expertise contributes to the health-income gradient. Our empirical setting, Sweden, allows us to shut down inequality in formal … of access to health-related expertise - captured by the presence of a health professional in the extended family - on … intra-family medical expertise has far-reaching health consequences, at all ages: It raises longevity, improves drug …

Recent pension reforms have shifted a larger responsibility towards savers. Individuals therefore need better knowledge … lack, such pension-specific knowledge. We also show that the most economically vulnerable groups know the least. Linking … pension knowledge to behavior, we find that knowing less is associated with lower preparedness for retirement, even after …