Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling …, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the …