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Title: Life expectancy and education: Evidence from the cardiovascular revolution

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This paper exploits the unexpected decline of deaths from cardiovascular diseases since the 1970s as a large positive health shock that affected predominantly old-age mortality; i.e., the fourth stage of the epidemiological transition. Using a differences-indifferences estimation strategy, we find that U.S. states with higher levels of cardiovasculardisease mortality prior the 1970s experienced greater increases in adult life expectancy and higher education enrollment. Our estimates suggest that the cardiovascular revolution caused an increase in life expectancy of 1.5 years and an increase in education enrollment of 9 percentage points, i.e. 52 percent of the observed increase from 1960 to 2000.

Url: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/121289/1/837603919.pdf

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Authors: Worm Hansen, Casper; Strulik, Holger

Series Title: cege Discussion Papers

Publication Number: 261

Institution: University of Göttingen

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Health

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