Laws, Educational Outcomes, and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from the Full Count 1940 Census

Clay, Karen; Lingwall, Jeff; Stephens, Melvin

doi:10.3386/w22855

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“…Many studies find that the monetary returns to education, estimated using CSL reforms, is much larger for low socioeconomic status (SES) men. This is true in Sweden (Meghir and Palme, 2005) and in the U.S. (Clay et al 2016). It also appears to be the case in the UK.…”

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The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Galama¹,

Lleras‐Muney²,

Kippersluis³

2018

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance

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Education is strongly associated with better health and longer lives. However, the extent to which education causes health and longevity is widely debated. We develop a human capital framework to structure the interpretation of the empirical evidence. We then review evidence on the causal effects of education on mortality and its two most common preventable causes: smoking and obesity. We focus attention on evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials, twin studies, and quasi-experiments. There is no convincing evidence of an effect of education on obesity, and the effects on smoking are only apparent when schooling reforms affect individuals' track or their peer group, but not when they simply increase the duration of schooling. An effect of education on mortality exists in some contexts but not in others, and seems to depend on (i) gender; (ii) the labor market returns to education; (iii) the quality of education; and (iv) whether education affects the quality of individuals' peers.

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The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Galama¹,

Lleras‐Muney²,

Kippersluis³

2018

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance

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“…Many studies find that the monetary returns to education, estimated using CSL reforms, is much larger for low socioeconomic status (SES) men. This is true in Sweden (Meghir & Palme, 2005) and in the United States (Clay et al, 2016). It also appears to be the case in the United Kingdom.…”

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“…The effects of schooling on income are substantially lower in Great Britain and Sweden than those found in the United States for older cohorts. Clay, Lingwall, and Stephens (2016) find wage returns for white males born between 1885 and 1912 to be between 6.5 and 8%, perhaps explaining why Lleras-Muney (2005) and Fletcher (2015) cannot rule out relatively large effects on mortality.…”

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The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

2017

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Education is strongly associated with better health and longer lives. However, the extent to which education causes health and longevity is widely debated. We develop a human capital framework to structure the interpretation of the empirical evidence and review evidence on the causal effects of education on mortality and its two most common preventable causes: smoking and obesity. We focus attention on evidence from randomized controlled trials, twin studies, and quasi-experiments. There is no convincing evidence of an effect of education on obesity, and the effects on smoking are only apparent when schooling reforms affect individuals' track or their peer group, but not when they simply increase the duration of schooling. An effect of education on mortality exists in some contexts but not in others and seems to depend on (i) gender, (ii) the labor market returns to education, (iii) the quality of education, and (iv) whether education affects the quality of individuals' peers.

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“…Lleras-Muney (2002) finds that legally requiring children to attend one more year of school increased educational attainment by 5 percent. Clay et al (2016) use CSLs to demonstrate that the returns to schooling were highest for the lowest quantiles of the 1940 wage distribution.…”

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The Impact of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States

Schmick¹,

Shertzer²

2019

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, and seminar participants at the NBER Summer Institute (DAE), Rhodes College, the Tepper applied micro lunch, Illinois, and the World Economic History Congress for helpful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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Laws, Educational Outcomes, and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from the Full Count 1940 Census

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

The Impact of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States

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