The relationship between education and adult mortality in the United States
The relationship between education and adult mortality in the United States
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DOI：
10.1111/0034-6527.00329
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Lleras-Muney, A
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作者：
Lleras-Muney, A
先前的研究已经发现，教育和健康之间存在很大的正相关关系。这篇论文考察了教育是否对健康有因果影响。我跟踪使用连续的美国人口普查的合成队列，以估计教育程度对死亡率的影响。我使用1915年至1939年的义务教育法律作为教育手段。结果表明，教育对死亡率有因果影响，这种影响可能比之前文献中估计的要大。
Prior research has uncovered a large and positive correlation between education and health. This paper examines whether education has a causal impact on health. I follow synthetic cohorts using successive U.S. censuses to estimate the impact of educational attainment on mortality rates. I use compulsory education laws from 1915 to 1939 as instruments for education. The results suggest that education has a causal impact on mortality, and that this effect is perhaps larger than has been previously estimated in the literature.