The long run health returns to college quality

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作者：
Jason M. Fletcher
David E. Frisvold
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[1] Yale University,Division of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health
[2] Columbia University,Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar
[3] Emory University,Department of Economics
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Review of Economics of the Household | 2014年 / 12卷
关键词：
Health production; College quality; Obesity; I12; I21; J24;
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The link between education and health is one of the most robust empirical relationships in the social sciences. However, little research has examined the effects of educational quality on health outcomes. We estimate the long run relationship between health behaviors and graduating from a selective college in the 1960s using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, which has tracked siblings for over 50 years. Importantly, we control for measures of health endowments, ability, and time preferences before college enrollment as well as shared family and environmental factors. We find large effects of college selectivity on reducing overweight for individuals in their 60s.
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页码：295 / 325
页数：30
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