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Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

Ulf Gerdtham

Professor

Ulf Gerdtham. Foto.

The Health Returns of University Eligibility

Författare

  • Gawain Heckley
  • Martin Nordin
  • Ulf-Göran Gerdtham

Summary, in English

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.

Avdelning/ar

  • Hälsoekonomi
  • AgriFood Economics Centre, Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet
  • Nationalekonomiska institutionen
  • Centrum för ekonomisk demografi
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health

Publiceringsår

2020-04-24

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Working Papers

Issue

2020:7

Dokumenttyp

Working paper

Ämne

  • Economics
  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Nyckelord

  • Health returns to education
  • demand for medical care
  • Regression Discontinuity Design
  • I10
  • I23
  • I26

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Health Economics