This paper uses an econometric specification based on the health production function
approach to examine the importance of lifestyles for adult health. The approach treats health …

The positive correlation between schooling and good health is well documented. One
explanation is that schooling helps people choose healthier life-styles by improving their …

Economists have long realized that schooling and good health are strongly positively
correlated. Some conclude that schooling has a direct positive effect on the production of …

The household production literature emphasizes that technical or biological processes
condition input selection by households in their production activities, along with prices and …

This paper extends the analysis of the relationship between health and schooling by
examining the impact of education on the choice of medical care inputs and the subsequent …

The benefits due to improving health in the last century are obvious and far reaching. Yet
there is little agreement on how to quantify these benefits and compare them to the costs of …

This chapter contains a detailed treatment of the human capital model of the demand for
health which was originally developed in 1972. Theoretical predictions are discussed, and …

This study reports some new evidence on the impact of medical care, socioeconomic,
lifestyle and environmental factors on the health status of the population of the USA. The …

The theory on the demand for health suggests that schooling causes health because
schooling increases the efficiency of health production. Alternatively, the allocative efficiency …

The connection between schooling and health is well documented. An important empirical
issue that needs to be examined, however, is whether schooling's effects are due to …