TY - JOUR
T1 - Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
AU - Gathmann, Christina
AU - Jürges, Hendrik
AU - Reinhold, Steffen
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies report causal effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality ranging anywhere from zero to large and negative. Using data from 18 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we quantify the average mortality gain and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that more education yields small mortality reductions in the short- and long-run for men. In contrast, women seem to experience no mortality reductions from compulsory schooling reforms.
AB - Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies report causal effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality ranging anywhere from zero to large and negative. Using data from 18 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we quantify the average mortality gain and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that more education yields small mortality reductions in the short- and long-run for men. In contrast, women seem to experience no mortality reductions from compulsory schooling reforms.
KW - Compulsory schooling
KW - Education
KW - Europe
KW - Mortality
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/acca0221-ffb0-37c2-8423-548f93f07fbc/
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.037
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.037
M3 - Article
C2 - 24560098
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 127
SP - 74
EP - 82
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
ER -