The effect of college education on mortality

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 99-114

  Buckles, Kasey ^a,b,c   Hagemann, Andreas ^d   Malamud, Ofer ^b,e   Morrill, Melinda ^f   Wozniak, Abigail ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College; Education; Instrumental variables; Mortality; Vietnam draft

Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; MORTALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR; AGED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; VERY ELDERLY;

VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84991203818     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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