Understanding differences in health behaviors by education.
Understanding differences in health behaviors by education.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.10.003
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发表时间：
2010-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Lleras-Muney, Adriana
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作者：
Cutler, David M;Lleras-Muney, Adriana
使用来自两个国家的各种数据集，我们研究了教育和健康行为之间关系的可能解释，称为教育梯度。我们发现，收入，健康保险和家庭背景可以占梯度的30%左右。知识和认知能力的测量解释了另外30%的原因。社交网络占另外10%。我们对贴现、风险厌恶或未来价值的代理并不能解释任何教育梯度，也不能解释人格因素，如自我控制感或对生活的控制感。
Using a variety of data sets from two countries, we examine possible explanations for the relationship between education and health behaviors, known as the education gradient. We show that income, health insurance, and family background can account for about 30 percent of the gradient. Knowledge and measures of cognitive ability explain an additional 30 percent. Social networks account for another 10 percent. Our proxies for discounting, risk aversion, or the value of future do not account for any of the education gradient, and neither do personality factors such as a sense of control of oneself or over one’s life.