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Title: The Impact of Education on Mortality in Canada A Micro-Economic Analysis Using Census Data

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: A number of studies have examined whether education has a causal impact on health, with some finding a positive effect and others no significant effect. Evidence on the relationship between education and health in the Canadian context is however scarce. The first two chapters in this thesis address this gap by presenting econometric analyses of the effect of education on health using Canadian Census data. Chapter 1 uses data on changes to the compulsory schooling laws in Canada as instruments for educational attainment. Using the Canadian Census master dataset for the ten provinces, the results in Chapter 1 indicate that education does indeed have a causal impact on mortality (a robust indicator for health). Increasing pre-tertiary education by an additional year reduces the 5-year adult mortality rate by between 2% and 3.5%. These findings suggest that traditional methods of evaluating the benefits of education may in fact understate its true importance. In Chapter 2, the instrument used . . .

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Authors: Lim, Helen, GN

Institution: McGill University

Department: Economics

Advisor: Daniel Parent ; Franque Grimard

Degree: PhD

Publisher Location: Montreal, Canada

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Fertility and Mortality, Other

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