THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON COGNITIVE ABILITY

被引：82

作者：

Falch, Torberg ^{[1
]}

Massih, Sofia Sandgren ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Econ, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

[2] Uppsala Univ, Dept Econ, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden

[3] Royal Inst Technol, Ctr Banking & Finance, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

来源：

ECONOMIC INQUIRY | 2011年 / 49卷 / 03期

关键词：

INTELLIGENCE; ACHIEVEMENT; RETURNS;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1465-7295.2010.00312.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper analyzes whether schooling increases intelligence measured by intelligence quotient (IQ). We use a longitudinal dataset where the individuals have conducted IQ tests both at ages 10 and 20. We estimate the effect of schooling on IQ at age 20 conditional on IQ at age 10 and other measures of early cognitive ability to account for selection into noncompulsory schooling. Ordinary least squares estimates indicate that 1 year of schooling increases IQ by 2.9-3.5 points (about 0.2 SD deviations), and instrumental variables estimates are similar.

引用

页码：838 / 856

页数：19

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