Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215129 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12733
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the effects of a comprehensive school reform on mental health. The reform postponed the tracking of students into vocational and academic schools from age 11 to age 16. The reform was implemented gradually across Finnish municipalities between 1972 and 1977. We use difference-in-differences variation and administrative data. Our results show that there is no discernible effect on mental health related hospitalizations on average even though the effect is precisely estimated. Heterogeneity analysis shows that, after the reform, females from highly-educated families were more likely to be hospitalized for depression.
Subjects: 
tracking age
comprehensive school
mental health
depression
hospitalization
JEL: 
I12
I26
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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