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Title: The Effect of College Education on Health

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: We examine the causal impact of education on health outcomes using variation in college attainment induced by draft-avoidance behavior during the Vietnam War. We exploit both national and state level induction risk to identify the effect of educational attainment on cohort-level mortality based on Vital Statistics data from 1981 to 2004. We generally find 2SLS estimates that are close in magnitude and significance to the OLS estimates. Our preferred 2SLS estimates imply that college completion reduces mortality in our affected cohorts. Effects are largest for deaths from heart disease and substance abuse in the 1980s. However, we find positive effects of college completion on mortality from stroke in the 1990s.

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Authors: Buckles, Kasey; Morrill, Melinda; Malamud, Ofer; Wozniak, Abigail

Conference Name: Population Association of America

Publisher Location: Washington, D.C.

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Health

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