Journal article
The long run health returns to college quality
Review of economics of the household, Vol.12(2), pp.295-325
06/01/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-012-9150-0
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The long run health returns to college quality
- Creators
- Jason M. Fletcher - Yale UniversityDavid E. Frisvold - Emory University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Review of economics of the household, Vol.12(2), pp.295-325
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11150-012-9150-0
- ISSN
- 1569-5239
- eISSN
- 1573-7152
- Number of pages
- 31
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Economics; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283566402771
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