The Impact of Education on Health Status: Evidence from Longitudinal Survey Data

Bichaka Fayissa, Shah Danyal and J. Butler

No 201101, Working Papers from Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Economics and Finance

Abstract: Using the NLSY79 panel data set from 1979-2006 for a cross-section of 12,686 individuals, this paper investigates the effect of educational attainment on the health status of an individual as measured by “the inability to work for health reasons.” The present study bridges the gap in the literature by using the fixed-effects model, random-effects model, between-effects, and the Arellano-Bond dynamic model to analyze the impact of education on health status. We use these alternative models to control unobserved heterogeneity. Educational attainment has a statistically significant and positive effect on the quality of an individual’s health status.

Keywords: Education; Health Status; Fixed-Effects; Random-Effects; Between-Effects; Arellano-Bond Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-02
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