Investment in Education, Obesity and Health Behaviours

Adriana Barone and Annamaria Nese ()
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Annamaria Nese: CELPE - Centre of Labour Economics and Economic Policy, University of Salerno - Italy, Postal: via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 - Fisciano (SA), ITALY, http://docenti.unisa.it/004624/curriculum

No 146, CELPE Discussion Papers from CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy

Abstract: This study reports new evidence on the association between educational outcomes for young adults in Italy (in terms of both schooling levels and type of education) and selected health behaviours (simultaneously taken). The results indicate the following: i) individuals who decide to stay at school longer also do things that improve their own health, such as not smoking, practicing physical activity, maintaining a normal body weight and low consumption of unhealthy food (snacks, cakes, etc.), thereby confirming complementarities between investment in education and health (Fuchs, 2004, Becker 2007); and ii) particularly for females, a positive association is observed between the choice of Sciences vs. Humanities, a normal body weight and the adoption of healthy behaviours (not smoking, practising physical activity, and consuming healthy food).

Keywords: Human capital; Education; Health Behaviour; Gender; Microeconometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 I12 I21 J16 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2017-10-26
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-edu, nep-hea and nep-ure
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