This paper estimates the exogenous effect of schooling on reduced incidence of hypertension. Using the changes in the … schooling reduces the probability of developing subsequent hypertension by approximately 7-12% points; the result which holds … and negative bias in the probit estimates of schooling-hypertension relationship for the male subsample. …

hypertension diagnosis, with larger and more precisely estimated effects for males, middle-age individuals (as opposed to older … individuals who at baseline report a previous hypertension diagnosis. Overall, our analysis suggests that the effectiveness of the …