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The effects of education on mortality: Evidence using college expansions
Jason Fletcher1, Hamid Noghanibehambari2
1La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Abstract:
This paper explores the long-run health benefits of education for longevity. Using mortality data from the Social Security Administration (1988-2005) linked to geographic locations in the 1940-census data, we exploit changes in college availability across cohorts in local areas. Our treatment on the treated calculations suggest increases in longevity between 1.3 and 2.7 years. Some further analyses suggest the results are not driven by pre-tends, endogenous migration, and other time-varying local confounders. This paper adds to the literature on the health and social benefits of education.
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