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
Published in:	Economic Perspectives. - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. - 2008, Q II, v. 32, no. 2, p. 2-16
Publisher:	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Subject:	Education - Economic aspects \| Health

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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