over a limited time period. This paper examines the effect of education on mortality using information on a national roll … using county-level proportions of reformed districts, census data and administrative mortality data, we find that the extra … compulsory school year reduced mortality. In fact, the mortality reduction is discernible already before the age of 30 and then …

cannot overcompensate the additional costs associated with pay-for-performance. Moreover, our analysis of individual data …