The Effects of Education on Mortality: Evidence Using College Expansions /
Fletcher, Jason.
The Effects of Education on Mortality: Evidence Using College Expansions / Jason Fletcher, Hamid Noghanibehambari. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w29423 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w29423. .
October 2021.
This paper explores the long-run health benefits of education for longevity. Using mortality data from the Social Security Administration (1988-2005) linked to geographic locations in the 1940-census data, we exploit changes in college availability across cohorts in local areas. We estimate an intent to treat effect of exposure to an additional 4-year college around age 17 of increasing longevity by 0.13 months; treatment on the treated calculations suggest increases in longevity between 1-1.6 years. Some further analyses suggest the results are not driven by pre-tends, endogenous migration, and other time-varying local confounders. This paper adds to the literature on the health and social benefits of education.
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The Effects of Education on Mortality: Evidence Using College Expansions / Jason Fletcher, Hamid Noghanibehambari. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w29423 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w29423. .
October 2021.
This paper explores the long-run health benefits of education for longevity. Using mortality data from the Social Security Administration (1988-2005) linked to geographic locations in the 1940-census data, we exploit changes in college availability across cohorts in local areas. We estimate an intent to treat effect of exposure to an additional 4-year college around age 17 of increasing longevity by 0.13 months; treatment on the treated calculations suggest increases in longevity between 1-1.6 years. Some further analyses suggest the results are not driven by pre-tends, endogenous migration, and other time-varying local confounders. This paper adds to the literature on the health and social benefits of education.
System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.