Heterogeneity in the impact of type of schooling on adult health and lifestyle
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Author(s)
Basu, A
Jones, AM
Cordas da Rosa Dias, JP
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Using data from a major educational reform in England and Wales, we examine heterogeneity in the long-term impacts of the exposure to different secondary schooling systems, characterized by selective early-tracking system versus non-selective comprehensive schooling, on health outcomes and smoking. We adopt a local instrumental variables approach to estimate person-centered treatment (PeT) effects, thereby recovering the full distribution of individual-level causal effects. We find that the transition from a selective early-tracking system to a non-selective one produced, on a fraction of individuals, significantly increased depression and cigarette smoking. These effects were persistent over time. Cognitive abilities did not moderate the effects, but students with lower non-cognitive skills were most likely to be negatively affected by this exposure.
Date Issued
2018-01-01
Date Acceptance
2017-10-18
Citation
Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 57, pp.1-14
ISSN
0167-6296
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
14
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Health Economics
Volume
57
Copyright Statement
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Health Policy & Services
1117 Public Health and Health Services
1402 Applied Economics
1403 Econometrics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-11-02