Personality and the
education–health gradient: A note on “Understanding differences in health
behaviors by education”
Gabriella Conti, Christopher
Hansman, Journal of Health Economics, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages
480–485
Abstract
We test the robustness of the
results of Cutler and Lleras-Muney (2010) on the role of personality in
explaining the education–health gradient by using alternative measures of child
personality available in the National Child Development Study. We show that,
alternatively to the authors, conclusions, personality contributes to the
education–health gradient to an extent nearly as large as that of cognition.
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