Places with more college graduates tend to foster better lifestyle habits overall, research finds

Study authors David M. Cutler (left) and Edward L. Glaeser. Credit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer Having more education has long been linked to better individual health. But those benefits are also contagious, say the co-authors of a new working paper. “It’s not just that the individuals who have more years of education are in better health,” said David M. Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics. “It’s that even people with fewer years of education—for example, people with just a high school degree—are in better health when they live around Read More