Arbeitspapier
Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females
We find that the protective effect of years of schooling on the BMI of European females is non negligible, but smaller than the one recently found for the US. By using individual standardized cognitive tests instead of years of schooling as the measure of education we show that the current focus in the literature on years of schooling is not misplaced. We also investigate whether the response to changes in compulsory education is heterogeneous, and find that the protective effect of schooling is stronger among overweight than among obese females.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 262
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Analysis of Education
- Subject
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Obesity
human capital
Europe
Gesundheitsrisiko
Bildungsniveau
Frauenbildung
Frauen
Europa
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Brunello, Giorgio
Fabbri, Daniele
Fort, Margherita
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
- (where)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Brunello, Giorgio
- Fabbri, Daniele
- Fort, Margherita
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Time of origin
- 2010
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