Education and Health Knowledge: Evidence from UK Compulsory Schooling Reform. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1297

Autor/inn/en	Johnston, David W.; Lordon, Grace; Shields, Michael A.; Suziedelyte, Agne
Institution	London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Titel	Education and Health Knowledge: Evidence from UK Compulsory Schooling Reform. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1297
Quelle	(2014), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2042-2695
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Correlation; Knowledge Level; Health; Life Style; Diseases; Age Differences; Adolescents; Dropouts; Academic Persistence; Health Behavior; Public Health; Interviews; Followup Studies; Surveys; High School Graduates; Comparative Analysis; Physicians; Regression (Statistics); Socioeconomic Influences; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Geographic Location; Compulsory Education; Death; Parents; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Korrelation; Wissensbasis; Gesundheit; Lebensstil; Disease; Krankheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitswesen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienstand; Schulpflicht; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Eltern; Großbritannien
Abstract	We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index of health knowledge. For causal identification we use increases in the UK minimum school leaving age in 1947 (from 14 to 15)and 1972 (from 15 to 16) to provide exogenous variation in education. These reforms predominantly induced adolescents who would have left school to stay for one additionally mandated year. OLS estimates suggest that education significantly increases health knowledge, with a one-year increase in schooling increasing the health knowledge index by 15% of a standard deviation. In contrast, estimates from instrumental-variable models show that increased schooling due to the education reforms did not significantly affect health knowledge. This main result is robust to numerous specification tests and alternative formulations of the health knowledge index. Further research is required to determine whether there is also no causal link between higher levels of education--such as post-school qualifications--and health knowledge. An appendix entitled, "Sensitivity of results to alternative definitions of health knowledge index," is included. [This paper was produced as part of the Centre's Education Programme. The Centre for Economic Performance is financed by the Economic and Social Research Council.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/2/04