Replication data for: The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from Britain
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Damon Clark; Heather Royer
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Project Citation:
Clark, Damon, and Royer, Heather. Replication data for: The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from Britain. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112669V1
Project Description
Summary:
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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.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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H52 National Government Expenditures and Education
I12 Health Behavior
I21 Analysis of Education
I28 Education: Government Policy
H52 National Government Expenditures and Education
I12 Health Behavior
I21 Analysis of Education
I28 Education: Government Policy
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