TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Huebener, Mathias
        TI  - The Effects of Education on Health: An Intergenerational Perspective
        PY  - 2018/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11795
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11795
        AB  - This paper presents evidence of substantial causal effects of parental education on children's health behaviours and long-term health. We study intergenerational effects of a compulsory schooling increase in Germany after World War II, which was implemented across federal states at different points in time. Maternal schooling reduces children's smoking and overweight in adolescence. The effects persist into children's adulthood, reducing chronic conditions that often result from unhealthy lifestyles. We find no effects of paternal education. Children's peer environment early in life and increased investments in their education are possible effect channels. The intergenerational effects exceed the direct effects on health.
        KW  - parental education
KW  - returns to education
KW  - smoking
KW  - overweight
KW  - compulsory schooling
KW  - health behaviour
        ER  -