Does schooling improve cognitive functioning at older ages?

Arbeitspapier

We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling reforms, implemented in six European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. Using data of individuals aged 50+ from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the delayed memory score by about 0.3, which amounts to 16% of the standard deviation. Furthermore, for women, we find that more education reduces the risk of dementia.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Reihe Ökonomie / Economics Series ; No. 293

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
• Thema: compulsory schooling ; instrumental variables ; education ; cognitive functioning ; memory ; aging ; dementia

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Schneeweis, Nicole ; Skirbekk, Vegard ; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)
• (wo): Vienna
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/68496
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ