Arbeitspapier
The Health Returns of University Eligibility
This paper exploits an arbitrary university eligibility rule in Sweden combined with regression discontinuity to estimate the impact of university education on health derived demand for medical care. We find a clear jump in university attendance due to university eligibility of between 10 and 14 percentage points. For females this implies a 30-40% drop in self-harm. For males it coincides with reduced use of prescribed pain killers, implying reduced risky behaviour. Males also observe a 30% increase in mental disorders, almost exclusively related to alcohol. The spillovers of university education on to health for the marginal student are therefore significant.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2020:7
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Returns to Education
- Subject
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Health returns to education
demand for medical care
Regression Discontinuity Design
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Heckley, Gawain
Nordin, Martin
Gerdtham, Ulf-G.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
- (where)
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Lund
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
- 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Heckley, Gawain
- Nordin, Martin
- Gerdtham, Ulf-G.
- Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
Time of origin
- 2020
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