Project in detail

Education and Health

Members of this project:

• Prof. Steffen Reinhold, Ph.D. (Universität Mannheim) (Ansprechpartner)
• Dr. Eberhard Kruk (BASF)
• Prof. Dr. Hendrik Jürges (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)

MEA Discussion Papers arisen from this project:

• Secondary School Fees and the Causal Effect of Schooling on Health Behavior
• Health inequalities by education, income, and wealth: a comparison of 11 European countries and the US
• The effect of compulsory schooling on health - evidence from biomarkers
• Parental Income and Child Health in Germany
• Healthy minds in healthy bodies. An international comparison of education-related inequality in physical health among older adults

Publications arisen from this project:

• Jürges, Hendrik; Kruk, Eberhard; Reinhold, Steffen (2012): The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Health - Evidence from Biomarkers
• Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen; Salm, Martin (2011): Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from the Educational Expansion in Western Germany, 862-872
• Kemptner, Daniel; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen (2011): Changes in compulsory schooling and the causal effect of education on health: Evidence from Germany, 340-354
• Reinhold, Steffen; Jürges, Hendrik (2010): Secondary School Fees and the Causal Effect of Schooling on Health Behavior, 994-1001
• Jürges, Hendrik (2009): Bildungsbezogene Ungleichheit in der Gesundheit Älterer: eine international vergleichende Analyse, Börsch-Supan et al (eds.), VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden
• Steffen Reinhold, Hendrik Jürges (2009): Parental Income and Child Health in Germany, MEA Discussion Paper 175-09
• Steffen Reinhold, Hendrik Jürges (2009): Secondary School Fees and the Causal Effect of Schooling on Health Behavior, MEA Discussion Paper 181-09
• Hendrik Jürges, Eberhard Kruk, Steffen Reinhold (2009): The effect of compulsory schooling on health - evidence from biomarkers, MEA Discussion Paper 183-09
• Jürges, Hendrik; Hank, Karsten (2008): Bildung als soziale Determinante gesundheitlicher Ungleichheit im Alter, 23-24
• Jürges, Hendrik (2008): Health inequalities by education, income, and wealth: a comparison of 11 European countries and the US, 87 - 91
• Hendrik Jürges (2007): Health inequalities by education, income, and wealth: a comparison of 11 European countries and the US, MEA Discussion Paper 140-07
• Hendrik Jürges (2007): Healthy minds in healthy bodies. An international comparison of education-related inequality in physical health among older adults, MEA Discussion Paper 141-07
• Jürges, Hendrik (2004): The Welfare Costs of Addiction, 327-353