Education does not seem to improve health: Evidence from Indonesia

Rasyad Parinduri

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Abstract: I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an extension of Indonesia's school term length in 1978-1979, a natural experiment that fits a regression discontinuity design. I find the longer school year increases educational attainment and wages, but I do not find evidence that education improves health. I explore some mechanisms through which education may affect health, but education does not seem to promote healthy lifestyles, increase the use of modern healthcare services, or improve access to health insurance; if anything, education improves only cognitive capacity.

Keywords: education; health; regression discontinuity design; Asia; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 I12 I15 I21 I25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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