Distributional Effects of Education on Health

Silvia Barcellos, Leandro Carvalho and Patrick Turley

No 25898, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper studies distributional effects of education on health. In 1972, England, Scotland, and Wales raised their minimum school-leaving age from 15 to 16 for students born after 9/1/1957. Using a regression discontinuity design and objective health measures for 0.27 million individuals, we find that education reduced body size and increased blood pressure in middle age. The reduction in body size was concentrated at the upper tail of the distribution with a 7.5 percentage point reduction in obesity. The increase in blood pressure was concentrated at the lower tail of the distribution with no effect on stage 2 hypertension.

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Date: 2019-05
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Published as Silvia H. Barcellos & Leandro S. Carvalho & Patrick Turley, 2023. "Distributional Effects of Education on Health," Journal of Human Resources, vol 58(4), pages 1273-1306.

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