Kippersluis, Hans van; Owen O’Donnell; Doorslaer, Eddy van - In: Journal of Human Resources 46 (2011) 4
While there is no doubt that health is strongly correlated with education, whether schooling exerts a causal impact on health is not firmly established. We exploit a Dutch compulsory schooling law to estimate the causal effect of education on mortality. The reform provides a powerful instrument,...