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Does education change people's lives in a way that delays mortality? Or is education
primarily a proxy for unobserved endowments that promote longevity? Most scholars …

Even in wealthy countries there are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent
mental health. Socioeconomic status (SES) indicators—parental SES, adolescent subjective …

As a geographic continuum of poverty and affluence has emerged, so too has a geographic
continuum of good and poor health. Asthma is currently one of the most prevalent chronic …

A small body of research has documented intriguing findings, mostly from the United States
but also from Europe, which suggest that the positive health effects of socioeconomic …

Background Women tend to report poorer self-rated health than men. It is also well
established that education has a positive effect on health. However, the issue of how the …

Population-health research has neglected differentiation within postsecondary educational
attainments. This gap is critical to understanding health inequality because college …

Background Higher educational attainment is strongly associated with a reduced risk of
neurocognitive disorders (NCDs). However, the literature is not yet clear on (1) the minimum …

Income or health returns linked to obtaining a college degree often are greatest for
individuals who come from socioeconomically disadvantaged families. Although this …

College education features prominently in research on determinants of deaths from
substance use disorders and self-harm—outcomes collectively referred to as “deaths of …