The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health
Evidence from Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23337487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | DAMON CLARK (0000-0003-4274-0296, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, School of Social Sciences, 3151 Social Science Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697-5100.), Heather Royer (0000-0003-4333-2147, University of California, Santa Barbara) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 2087-2120 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8282 • E-ISSN: 1944-7981 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/aer.103.6.2087 |
| PMID | 29533059 |
| OpenAlex | W2041863100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 122 |
| References cited | 68 |
There is a strong, positive, and well-documented correlation between education and health outcomes. In this paper, we attempt to understand to what extent this relationship is causal. Our approach exploits two changes to British compulsory schooling laws that generated sharp across-cohort differences in educational attainment. Using regression discontinuity methods, we find the reforms did not affect health although the reforms impacted educational attainment and wages. Our results suggest caution as to the likely health returns to educational interventions focused on increasing educational attainment among those at risk of dropping out of high school, a target of recent health policy efforts. (JEL H52, I12, I21, I28)
Affect (linguistics) · Cohort · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Psychological intervention · Regression discontinuity design · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Medicine · Psychology
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