Objective Numerous studies have documented an inverse association between years of
schooling attained, particularly by women, and reduced maternal, infant and child mortality …

Rich literatures across multiple disciplines document the association between increased
educational attainment and improved health. While quasi-experimental studies have …

This paper investigates the intergenerational effects of maternal education on child health in
68 develo** countries across five continents over nearly three decades. Exploiting the …

This paper investigates the causal impact of mother's schooling on various outcomes of
adolescent development by exploiting the temporal and geographical variations in the …

We exploit a change in the compulsory schooling law in Turkey to estimate the causal effects
of education on the prevalence of domestic violence. By adopting a regression discontinuity …

In 1980, Zimbabwe rapidly expanded access to secondary schools, providing a natural
experiment to estimate the impact of increased maternal secondary education on child …

This paper explores the effect of maternal education on child health and the channels in
which education operates by exploiting a change in the compulsory schooling law (CSL) in …

Many studies suggest that years of formal schooling completed is the most important
correlate of good health. There is much less consensus as to whether this correlation reflects …

This paper examines the causal impact of women's education on fertility by exploiting the
cross-regional and cross-time variations in the enforcement of compulsory schooling reform …