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Autor/inn/en | Fletcher, Jason; Noghanibehambari, Hamid |
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Institution | National Bureau of Economic Research |
Titel | The Effects of Education on Mortality. Evidence Using College Expansions. |
Quelle | Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2021), 40 S.
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Reihe | NBER working paper series. w29423 |
Beigaben | Illustrationen |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; Monographie; Graue Literatur |
DOI | 10.3386/w29423 |
Schlagwörter | Bildungsniveau; Sterblichkeit; Hochschule; Arbeitspapier; USA |
Abstract | This paper explores the long-run health benefits of education for longevity. Using mortality data from the Social Security Administration (1988-2005) linked to geographic locations in the 1940-census data, we exploit changes in college availability across cohorts in local areas. We estimate an intent to treat effect of exposure to an additional 4-year college around age 17 of increasing longevity by 0.13 months; treatment on the treated calculations suggest increases in longevity between 1-1.6 years. Some further analyses suggest the results are not driven by pre-tends, endogenous migration, and other time-varying local confounders. This paper adds to the literature on the health and social benefits of education. |
Erfasst von | ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel |
Update | 2022/2 |