%0 Report
        %A Gehrsitz, Markus
%A Williams, Morgan C.
%A Jr., 
        %T The Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Health and Hospitalization over the Life Cycle
        %D 2024
        %8 2024 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 17050
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17050
        %X 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.
        %K health
%K education
%K compulsory schooling
%K life cycle
%K gender differences