College Selectivity and Young Adult Health Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Fletcher, Jason M.; Frisvold, David E.
Titel	College Selectivity and Young Adult Health Behaviors
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 30 (2011) 5, S.826-837 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.04.005
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Academic Achievement; College Attendance; Health Behavior; Drinking; Young Adults; Educational Attainment; Educational Quality; Selective Admission; Smoking; Marijuana; Alcohol Abuse; Exercise; Body Weight; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Schulleistung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Trinken; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsselektion; Rauchen; Übung; Körpergewicht; Korrelation
Abstract	Large literatures have shown important links between the quantity of completed education and health outcomes on one hand and the quality or selectivity of schooling on a host of adult outcomes, such as wages, on the other hand. However, little research attempts to produce evidence of the link between school quality and health. The paper presents the first evidence in the literature on the potential short and intermediate term effects of attending a selective college on health behaviors during and following college attendance. Using a variety of empirical methods, this paper shows strong evidence that college selectivity reduces tobacco and marijuana use but has small and possibly positive effects on binge drinking. The effects on weight behaviors are suggestive of reduced weight, potentially through diet, but not exercise change. (Contains 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10