Educación, estilo de vida y salud: un estudio aplicado al caso español

Authors

Josep Oriol Escardíbul FerráSalto de línea Jorge Calero MartínezSalto de línea Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidad de Barcelona.

Abstract

Education, lifestyle and health: a study applied to the Spanish caseSalto de línea Salto de línea This work analyses the effects education has on the consumption of certain goods that have a bearing on health (particularly, alcohol and tobacco), and that in economic literature are part of the so-called non-monetary effects of education. The study carried out is based on data from the 1997 National Health Survey. The results indicate that, contrary to the principles of human capital theory, the effects of education on alcohol and tobacco consumption are not always beneficial to health. On the other hand, interpretations of the results according to the school of institutional thought are also suggested.

Keywords

Health education, smoking, drinking, human capital theory, education effects.