Essays about: "Linnéa Graaf"

Found 1 essay containing the words Linnéa Graaf.

  1. 1. The Health Returns to Education: A Study of Swedish Twins

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ellen Bernhardtson; Linnéa Graaf; [2009]
    Keywords : Health production; Education; Twins; Returns to education; Ability bias;

    Abstract : Prior research has uncovered a large and positive association between education and health, but the literature suffers from difficulties to correctly control for unobserved factors correlated with both education and health, such as genetic traits and family background. This shortcoming may cause an ability bias that leads to an overestimation of the effect of education on health. READ MORE