TY - JOUR
T1 - School quality and the education-health relationship
T2 - Evidence from Blacks in segregated schools
AU - Frisvold, David
AU - Golberstein, Ezra
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - In this paper, we estimate the effect of school quality on the relationship between schooling and health outcomes using the substantial improvements in the quality of schools attended by black students in the segregated southern states during the mid-1900s as a source of identifying variation. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, our results suggest that improvements in school quality, measured as the pupil-teacher ratio, average teachers' wage, and length of the school year, amplify the beneficial effects of education on several measures of health in later life, including self-rated health, smoking, obesity, and mortality.
AB - In this paper, we estimate the effect of school quality on the relationship between schooling and health outcomes using the substantial improvements in the quality of schools attended by black students in the segregated southern states during the mid-1900s as a source of identifying variation. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, our results suggest that improvements in school quality, measured as the pupil-teacher ratio, average teachers' wage, and length of the school year, amplify the beneficial effects of education on several measures of health in later life, including self-rated health, smoking, obesity, and mortality.
KW - Education
KW - Health status
KW - School quality
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 21893357
AN - SCOPUS:82255162805
VL - 30
SP - 1232
EP - 1245
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
SN - 0167-6296
IS - 6
ER -