Topic of thesis: The effect of uncertainty periods on health behaviors per level of education
Abstract: In the selection of healthy lifestyles, several studies show the influence of higher education on lowe ring the probability to contract diseases and raising life expectancy at birth. Education seems to play a crucial role: the educated person is more informed and more responsible and tends to make less harmful choices regarding health, both in terms of lifestyle choices and in terms of healthy decisions and attention to the personal status of health.
Investing in education appears to have an effect not only on the health of individuals, by triggering mechanisms for the implementation of positive behaviors, but also on employment probability and prospective earnings.
In the last decade, we have assisted to the reduction in employment’s successes and the drastic increase in unemployment rates. A school degree continues to be a profitable investment, but the intense decline in job opportunities and the spreading of unsatisfactory occasions have contributed to create a generalized mistrust of the future.
In a period dominated by uncertainty such as the present one, how does health behavior change?
And how does the influence of a degree on the adoption of an healthy lifestyle change in this uncertain period?
Research interests: Health behavior, Health Inequalities, Education Inequalities, Education and Employability
Graduated from: University of Milan
Degrees obtained: BA Political Sciences, MA Labour Studies
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