Title: The causal effect of education on health: Evidence from the United Kingdom
Abstract: Numerous economic studies have shown a strong positive correlation between health and years of schooling. The question at the centre of this research is whether the correlation between health and education represents a causal relation. This paper uses changes in compulsory schooling laws in the United Kingdom to test this hypothesis. Multiple measures of overall health are used. The results provide evidence of a causal relation running from more schooling to better health which is much larger than standard regression estimates suggest.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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