There is a large and persistent association between education and health. In this paper, we
review what is known about this link. We first document the facts about the relationship …

We refine the established association between education and health by distinguishing three
aspects of a person s education (quantity, credential, and selectivity) and by examining the …

In virtually every study by economists considering the determinants of an individual's health,
years of schooling has stood out as an important regressor. Yet there is little agreement …

The positive association between education and health is well established, but explanations
for this association are not. Our explanations fall into three categories:(1) work and …

This paper assesses how the relationship between health and educational attainment has
changed over the last three decades. We examine trends in disease prevalence and self …

Researchers have attempted to explain the relationship between education and health by
incorporating mediators—such as income—through which schooling affects health …

A large literature documents a strong correlation between health and educational outcomes.
In this paper we investigate the role of cognitive ability in the health‐education nexus. Using …

Recent medical sociological research has examined whether the relationship between
education and health is dynamic across age, whereas recent demographic research has …

The positive association between educational attainment and health is well established, but
the way in which the education-based gap in health varies with age is not. Do the health …

There is a positive gradient associating educational attainment with health, yet the
explanation for this gradient is not clear. Does higher education improve health (causation) …