TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gehrsitz, Markus
AU  - Williams, Morgan C.
AU  - Jr., 
        TI  - The Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Health and Hospitalization over the Life Cycle
        PY  - 2024/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17050
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17050
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - health
KW  - education
KW  - compulsory schooling
KW  - life cycle
KW  - gender differences
        ER  -