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The Relationship Between Education and Adult Mortality in the United States
Article first published online: 23 DEC 2004
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00329
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Lleras-Muney, A. (2005), The Relationship Between Education and Adult Mortality in the United States. Review of Economic Studies, 72: 189–221. doi: 10.1111/0034-6527.00329
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 DEC 2004
- Article first published online: 23 DEC 2004
- Received on May 2002 and accepted for publication on February 2004
Vol. 73, Issue 3, 847, Article first published online: 4 JUL 2006
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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.