Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Markus Gehrsitz
Author-Name-First: Markus
Author-Name-Last: Gehrsitz
Author-Email: markus.gehrsitz@strath.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Strathclyde and Institute of Labour Economics (IZA)
Author-Name: Morgan C. Williams
Author-Name-First: Morgan
Author-Name-Last: C. Williams
Author-Workplace-Name: Barnard College, Columbia University
Title: The Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Health and Hospitalization over the Life Cycle
Abstract: Despite serving as one of the more celebrated relationships in health economics, evidence on the relationship between education and health remains quite mixed–with
limited research devoted to how these effects evolve later in life. Leveraging a 1972
compulsory schooling reform within the United Kingdom, this paper examines the
effects of education on health and health care utilization over the life cycle. Our regression discontinuity estimates suggest that the reform led to substantial reductions
in hospitalization among men for lifestyle-related conditions–with these effects varying
heterogeneously over the life cycle.
Length:  pages
Creation-Date: 
Revision-Date: 2020-05
Publication-Status: 
File-URL: https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/1newwebsite/departmentsubject/economics/research/researchdiscussionpapers/23-03.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2303
Classification-JEL: I10; I12; I14; I20
Keywords: Health, Education, Compulsory Schooling, Life Cycle, Gender Differences
Handle: RePEc:str:wpaper:2303