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Title: The Relationship Between Education and Adult Mortality in the U.S

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Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: Prior research has uncovered a large and positive correlation between education and health. This paper examines whether education has a causal impact on health. I follow synthetic cohorts using successive U.S. censuses to estimate the impact of educational attainment on mortality rates. I use compulsory education laws from 1915 to 1939 as instruments for education. The results suggest that education has a causal impact on mortality, and that this effect is perhaps larger than has been previously estimated in the literature.

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Authors: Lleras-Muney, Adriana

Periodical (Full): Review of Economic Studies

Issue: 1

Volume: 72

Pages: 189-221

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Fertility and Mortality

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