This paper investigates the impact of parental education on child health outcomes. To identify the causal effect we … leaving age by one year had little effect on the health of their offspring. Schooling did however improve economic … child health are at most modest. …

We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental … distribution. We find that estimates using each approach are remarkably congruent for a wide range of health outcomes. Effect sizes …

This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …

This paper presents evidence of substantial causal effects of parental education on children's health behaviours and … long-term health. We study intergenerational effects of a compulsory schooling increase in Germany after World War II … investments in their education are possible effect channels. The intergenerational effects exceed the direct effects on health. …

link. Children's health behaviour and the health accumulated over the life course appear as important channels. The …

This paper estimates the causal effects of parental education on their children's risky health behaviours and health … in family income, family stability, fertility and parental health-related behaviours are less relevant empirically. The … intergenerational effects of education on health and health-related behaviours exceed the direct effects. Studies neglecting the …

explain the connection. The health behaviour of the children and the health accumulated over the life course appear as …

This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …

This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … within-twin-pair differences in early life health and parent-child relations. The results suggest a causal effect of …

An association between health and education has been well-established empirically. It is not clear however whether this …-run effects on a variety of health outcomes. When proper account is taken of age, cohort, and state specific effects, it is … difficult to establish a credible causal link from educational reforms which affect the quantity of education to health. Thus …