[…] US. We depart from the current empirical literature in three main directions. First, we use a multi-country approach. Second, we complement the standard analysis of the causal impact of years of schooling on BMI with one relying on a broader measure of education, i.e. individual standardized cognitive tests, and show that the current focus […]

[…] random effects models with different transitions as the dependent variable, we find strong evidence for activation and persuasion effects in all three countries. Furthermore, we study the impact of political awareness on activation and persuasion, relying on theories on memory based and on-line information processing. Mostly in line with expectations, we find that highly […]