Does higher education reduce mortality? Evidence from a natural experiment in Chile

dc.contributorGrupo de Investigaciones. Facultad de Economía. Universidad del Rosario
dc.creatorBautista, María Angélica
dc.creatorGonzález, Felipe
dc.creatorMartínez, Luis R.
dc.creatorMuñoz, Pablo
dc.creatorPrem, Mounu
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-26T16:19:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-22T14:47:26Z
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dc.date.created2020-10-26T16:19:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-23
dc.identifierBautista, María Angélica; González, Felipe; Martínez, Luis R.; Muñoz, Pablo; Prem, Mounu (2020) Does higher education reduce mortality? Evidence from a natural experiment in Chile. Universidad del Rosario, Department of Economics, Documentos de trabajo economía. 82 pp
dc.identifierhttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/30453
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.48713/10336_30453
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3442137
dc.description.abstractWe exploit the sharp downward kink in college enrollment experienced by cohorts reaching college age after the 1973 military coup in Chile to study the causal effect of higher education on mortality. Using micro-data from the vital statistics for 1994-2017, we document an upward kink in the age-adjusted yearly mortality rate among the affected cohorts. Leveraging the kink in college enrollment, we estimate a negative effect of college on mortality, which is larger for men, but also sizable for women. Intermediate labor market outcomes (e.g., labor force participation) explain 30% of the reduction in mortality. A similar upward kink in mortality over multiple time horizons is also present among hospitalized patients in the affected cohorts, with observable characteristics (i.e. diagnostic, hospital, insurance) explaining over 40%. Survey responses reveal that college substantially improves access to private health care, but has mixed effects on health behaviors.
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dc.sourceinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.sourcereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subjectMortalidad
dc.subjectEducación superior
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectRelación nivel educativo mortalidad
dc.subjectTasa de mortalidad de población universitaria en chile
dc.titleDoes higher education reduce mortality? Evidence from a natural experiment in Chile
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