Cognitive abilities are important predictors of educational and occupational performance,
socioeconomic attainment, health, and longevity. Declines in cognitive abilities are linked to …

Health disparities by socioeconomic status (SES) have been extensively documented, but
less is known about the physical health implications of achieving upward mobility. This …

Policy Points Social policies might not only improve economic well‐being, but also health.
Health policy experts have therefore advocated for investments in social policies both to …

Funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme, the Lifepath research
consortium aimed to investigate the effects of socioeconomic inequalities on the biology of …

Education and income are strong predictors of health and longevity. In the last 20 years,
many efforts have been made to understand if these relationships are causal and what the …

Resilience research has long sought to understand how factors at the child, family, school,
community, and societal levels shape adaptation in the face of adversities such as poverty …

Importance Upward mobility (via educational attainment) is highly valued, but longitudinal
associations with mental and physical health among Black youths are less understood …

This paper analyzes whether education has a protective effect on mental health. To estimate
causal effects, we employ an instrumental variable (IV) technique that exploits a reform …

Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) persist in high-income
countries despite marked overall declines in CVD-related morbidity and mortality. After …

Background Researchers are increasingly expected to draw policy implications from their
research, yet this can be distracting or misleading when describing single studies. Rather …