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Learning For Life? The Effects of Schooling on Earnings and Health- Related Behavior Over the Life Cycle
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- Lång, Elisabeth (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Nationalekonomi,Filosofiska fakulteten,Linköpings universitet, Nationalekonomi
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- Nystedt, Paul (författare)
- Jönköping University,IHH, Nationalekonomi,The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare
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- Linköping : Linköping University Electronic Press, 2016
- Engelska 57 s.
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Serie: Linköping University Working Papers in Economics ; 2016:4
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Abstract
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- We analyze how education is associated with earnings and health-related behaviors (HRBs) over the adult life cycle using a sample of 18,000 twins. The underlying motive is to improve the understanding of to what extent schooling may contribute to increased human welfare over time and age through the intermediaries of earnings and HRBs. We find that one additional year of schooling is associated with around 5-6 percent higher earnings at ages 35-75 and generally improved HRBs for both men and women. Much of the estimated relationships between schooling, earnings and HRBs can be traced back to genetic inheritance. Controlling for such inheritance, the remaining education -earnings premium is non-linear and increasing with educational level, and the education premium in HRBs is mainly concentrated to smoking habits.
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- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
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