Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300946 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17050
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effects of education on health and hospitalization over the life cycle. Using administrative data, we leverage a 1972 compulsory schooling reform within the United Kingdom which produced a large increase in educational attainment among affected cohorts. Our regression discontinuity design estimates suggest that the reform led to substantial reductions in hospitalization among men admitted for lifestyle-related conditions. We also report novel estimates showing that these effects vary heterogeneously over the life-cycle – with the largest health improvements occurring among men in their middle-aged years. However, we find no evidence that the reform impacted mortality during working-age years.
Subjects: 
health
education
compulsory schooling
life cycle
gender differences
JEL: 
I10
I12
I14
I20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.