@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp17050,
            	author={Gehrsitz, Markus and Williams, Morgan C. and Jr., },
            	title={The Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Health and Hospitalization over the Life Cycle},
            	year={2024},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={17050},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17050},
	abstract={This paper examines the effects of education on health and hospitalization over the life cycle. Using administrative data, we leverage a 1972 compulsory schooling reform within the United Kingdom which produced a large increase in educational attainment among affected cohorts. Our regression discontinuity design estimates suggest that the reform led to substantial reductions in hospitalization among men admitted for lifestyle-related conditions. We also report novel estimates showing that these effects vary heterogeneously over the life-cycle – with the largest health improvements occurring among men in their middle-aged years. However, we find no evidence that the reform impacted mortality during working-age years.},
	keywords={health;education;compulsory schooling;life cycle;gender differences},
            }