Thursday, March 20, 2008

A new paper on the health returns to education

The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?

This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins.The results suggest a causal effect of education on health. Higher educational levels are found to be positively related to self-reported health but negatively related to the number of chronic conditions.


http://ftp.iza.org/dp3399.pdf

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