Journal article
School quality and the education–health relationship: Evidence from Blacks in segregated schools
Journal of health economics, Vol.30(6), pp.1232-1245
2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.003
PMCID: PMC3225717
PMID: 21893357
Abstract
► We examine the relationship between school quality and health. ► We focus on segregated schools in the South attended by black students during the mid-1900s. ► We find that school quality enhances the effects of educational attainment on health. ► Measures of health affected are self-rated health, smoking, obesity, and mortality.
In this paper, we estimate the effect of school quality on the relationship between schooling and health outcomes using the substantial improvements in the quality of schools attended by black students in the segregated southern states during the mid-1900s as a source of identifying variation. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, our results suggest that improvements in school quality, measured as the pupil–teacher ratio, average teachers’ wage, and length of the school year, amplify the beneficial effects of education on several measures of health in later life, including self-rated health, smoking, obesity, and mortality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- School quality and the education–health relationship: Evidence from Blacks in segregated schools
- Creators
- David Frisvold - Emory UniversityEzra Golberstein - University of Minnesota
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of health economics, Vol.30(6), pp.1232-1245
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.003
- PMID
- 21893357
- PMCID
- PMC3225717
- ISSN
- 0167-6296
- eISSN
- 1879-1646
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2011
- Academic Unit
- Economics; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283576102771
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