Health, Wealth and Happiness: Why Pursue a Higher Education?.

Hartog, Joop; Oosterbeek, Hessel

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Publication Date: 1998

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Health, Wealth and Happiness: Why Pursue a Higher Education?

Hartog, Joop; Oosterbeek, Hessel

Economics of Education Review, v17 n3 p245-56 Jun 1998

Explores schooling's effect on health, wealth, and happiness for a cohort of Dutch individuals born around 1940. Uses observations on childhood IQ and family background. The group with a nonvocational, intermediate-level education scored highest on all three factors. IQ affects health, not wealth or happiness. Family background increases wealth, not health or happiness. (29 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Happiness, Health, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient, Sex Differences, Well Being

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands

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