ArticleThe Journal of human resources2023
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ON HEALTH.
Article in The Journal of human resources, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Genetics and Socioeconomic Status: Some Preliminary Evidence on Mechanisms.Journal of political economy microeconomics · 2025Article
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- COVID-19 Incidence and Age Eligibility for Elementary School.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- The Effects of College Education on Depressive Symptoms: An Instrument Variable Approach.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Higher educational attainment is associated with longer telomeres in midlife: Evidence from sibling comparisons in the UK Biobank.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Education, Dietary Intakes and Exercise.Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics · 2022Article
- EDUCATION AND INCOME GRADIENTS IN LONGEVITY: THE ROLE OF POLICY.The Canadian journal of economics. Revue canadienne d'economique · 2022Article
- Long-term effects of compulsory schooling on physical, mental and cognitive ageing: a natural experiment.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Article
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Abstract
This paper studies distributional effects of education on health. In 1972, England, Scotland, and Wales raised their minimum school-leaving age from 15 to 16 for students born after 9/1/1957. Using a regression discontinuity design and objective health measures for 129,000 individuals, we find that education reduced body size and increased blood pressure in middle age. The reduction in body size was concentrated at the upper tail of the distribution with an 8 percentage point reduction in obesity. The increase in blood pressure was concentrated at the lower tail of the distribution with no effect on stage 2 hypertension.
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