The effect of education on health and mortality. A review of experimental and quasi-experimental evidence.

Autor/inn/en	Galama, Titus J.; Lleras-Muney, Adriana; van Kippersluis, Hans
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	The effect of education on health and mortality. A review of experimental and quasi-experimental evidence. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Einfluss der Bildung auf Gesundheit und Sterblichkeit. Ein Überblick über experimentelle und quasi-experimentelle Erkenntnisse.
Quelle	Cambrige, Mass. (2018), 63 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 24225
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.3386/w24225
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Lebenserwartung; Ernährung; Gesundheitsverhalten; Sterblichkeit; Sucht; USA; Bildungsniveau; Lebenserwartung; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsertrag; Peer Group; Ernährung; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitszustand; Sucht; Sterblichkeit; Geschlechtsspezifik; USA
Abstract	"Education is strongly associated with better health and longer lives. However, the extent to which education causes health and longevity is widely debated. We develop a human capital framework to structure the interpretation of the empirical evidence. We then review evidence on the causal effects of education on mortality and its two most common preventable causes: smoking and obesity. We focus attention on evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials, twin studies, and quasi-experiments. There is no convincing evidence of an effect of education on obesity, and the effects on smoking are only apparent when schooling reforms affect individuals' track or their peer group, but not when they simply increase the duration of schooling. An effect of education on mortality exists in some contexts but not in others, and seems to depend on (i) gender; (ii) the labor market returns to education; (iii) the quality of education; and (iv) whether education affects the quality of individuals' peers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/3