The health returns to schooling-what can we learn from twins?

被引：62

作者：

Lundborg, Petter ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Lund Univ, Dept Econ, S-22007 Lund, Sweden

[2] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

[3] IZA, Bonn, Germany

[4] Tinbergen Inst, Amsterdam, Netherlands

[5] Hlth Econ Program Lund, Lund, Sweden

[6] Ctr Econ Demog Lund, Lund, Sweden

来源：

JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS | 2013年 / 26卷 / 02期

关键词：

Health production; Education; Schooling; Twins; Returns to education; Ability bias; BIRTH-WEIGHT; ECONOMIC RETURN; UK TWINS; EDUCATION; SMOKING; MORTALITY; BEHAVIOR; SAMPLE; DRAFT;

D O I：

10.1007/s00148-012-0429-5

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

This paper estimates the health returns to schooling, using a twin design. For this purpose, I use data on monozygotic twins from the Midlife in the United States survey. The results suggest that completing high school improves health, as measured through self-reported health, chronic conditions, and exercise behavior, but that additional schooling does not lead to additional health gains. Controlling for certain early life factors that may vary within twin pairs does not alter the main conclusions of this paper.

引用

页码：673 / 701

页数：29

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