Health literacy and education: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

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作者：
Celidoni, Martina [1 ,3 ]
Guzzon, Angelica [2 ]
Rebba, Vincenzo [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Padua, Dept Econ & Management, Via Santo 33, I-35123 Padua, Italy
[2] Ca Foscari Univ Venice, Dept Econ, Venice, Italy
[3] CRIEP Ctr Ric Interuniv Econ Pubbl, Padua, Italy
来源：
APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2023年 / 55卷 / 38期
关键词：
Health literacy; compulsory schooling; instrumental variables; ELSA; CONSEQUENCES; MORTALITY; AVERAGE; HEIGHT; LIFE;
D O I：
10.1080/00036846.2022.2129569
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We estimate the causal effect of compulsory schooling on health literacy using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. We exploit the quasi-experimental setting produced by the UK's 1944 Education Act. We estimate a positive effect of one additional year of schooling on health literacy among women, no significant effects among men. This result is in line with previous findings about the positive effects of compulsory schooling on own health among women and supports the idea that more schooling might have generated efficiency gains in the health production due to improved health literacy.
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页码：4441 / 4454
页数：14
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