title: Education, cognition, health knowledge, and health behavior.
abstract: Using data from NLSY97, we analyze the impact of education on health behavior. Controlling for health knowledge does not influence the impact of education on health behavior, supporting the productive efficiency hypothesis. Accounting for cognitive ability does not significantly alter the relationship between education and health behavior. Similarly, the impact of education on health behavior is the same between those with and without a learning disability, suggesting that cognition is not likely to be a significant factor in explaining the impact of education on health behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Louisiana State University, 3039 Business Education Complex, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA, mocan@lsu.edu.
authors.forename: Naci
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mocan
authors.forename: Duha T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Altindag
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
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