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JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 1-28出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.10.003
关键词
Education; Health
资金
- National Institutes on Aging
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R24HD041022] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [P01AG005842] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Using a variety of data sets from two countries, we examine possible explanations for the relationship between education and health behaviors, known as the education gradient. We show that income, health insurance, and family background can account for about 30 percent of the gradient. Knowledge and measures of cognitive ability explain an additional 30 percent. Social networks account for another 10 percent. Our proxies for discounting, risk aversion, or the value of future do not account for any of the education gradient, and neither do personality factors such as a sense of control of oneself or over one's life. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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