TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Savelyev, Peter A.
AU  - Ward, Benjamin C.
AU  - Krueger, Robert F.
AU  - McGue, Matt
        TI  - Health Endowments, Schooling Allocation in the Family, and Longevity: Evidence from US Twins
        PY  - 2021/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14600
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14600
        AB  - We analyze data from the Minnesota Twin Registry (MTR), combined with the Socioeconomic Survey of Twins (SST), and new mortality data, and contribute to two bodies of literature. First, we demonstrate a beneficial causal effect of education on health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based studies of the US population, which show little or no effect of education on health. Second, we present evidence that parents compensate for differences in their children's health endowments through education, but find no evidence that parents reinforce differences in skill endowments. We argue that there is a bias towards detecting reinforcement both in this paper and in the literature. Despite this bias, we still find statistical evidence of compensating behavior. We account for observed and unobserved confounding factors, sample selection bias, and measurement error in education.
        KW  - skill endowment
KW  - longevity
KW  - health endowment
KW  - twin study
KW  - Minnesota Twin Registry
KW  - intrafamily resource allocation
KW  - education
KW  - health
        ER  -