The Relationship between Education and Health in Australia and Canada

Steven Kennedy

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: It is well accepted that education is positively related to health. However, there is considerably less agreement as to the explanation of this relationship. I examine the strength of the empirical relationship between education and health for Australia and Canada. I find that education is indeed related to health and to a very similar extent in both countries. I discuss three important explanations of the education and health relationship: technical efficiency, allocative efficiency and time preference explanations. Empirical analysis is presented which attempts to distinguish between the alternative explanations. I find evidence for all three explanations.

Keywords: Health status; Education; Health production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2003-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-hea, nep-lab and nep-mac
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