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Does education reduce the risk of hypertension? Estimating the biomarker effect of compulsory schooling in England

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Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2010) Does education reduce the risk of hypertension? Estimating the biomarker effect of compulsory schooling in England. Journal of Human Capital, 4 (2). pp. 173-202. doi:10.1086/657020 ISSN 1932-8575.

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Abstract

This paper estimates the exogenous effect of schooling on reduced incidence of hypertension. Using the changes in the minimum school-leaving age law in the United Kingdom from age 14 to 15 in 1947 and from age 15 to 16 in 1973 as sources of exogenous variation in schooling, the regression discontinuity and instrumental variable probit estimates imply that, for the first law change in 1947, completing an extra year of schooling reduces the probability of developing subsequent hypertension by approximately 7–10 percentage points. No significant effect was found for the introduction of the second law change in 1973.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Human Capital
Publisher: Chicago Press
ISSN: 1932-8575
Official Date: 2010
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2010Published
Volume: 4
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 173-202
DOI: 10.1086/657020
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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