Does Education Improve Health? A Reexamination of the Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

This article analyzes the impact of compulsory schooling laws early in the twentieth century on long-term health. The author finds no compelling evidence for a causal link between education and health using this research design. Further, the results suggest that only a small fraction of health conditions are affected by education, and several of those are conditions, such as sight and hearing, where economic theories don't appear to be relevant

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Mazumder, Bhashkar
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Bildung \| Education \| Gesundheit \| Health \| Schulrecht \| School law \| IV-Schätzung \| Instrumental variables

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (15 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economic Perspectives, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2008
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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