EDUCATION AND INCOME GRADIENTS IN LONGEVITY: THE ROLE OF POLICY

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Journal Can J Econ

Date 2023 Nov 21

PMID 37987018

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Adriana Lleras-Muney

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Abstract

Education and income are strong predictors of health and longevity. In the last 20 years many efforts have been made to understand if these relationships are causal and what the possible role of policy should be as a result. The evidence from various studies is ambiguous: the effects of education and income policies on health are heterogeneous and vary over time, and across places and populations. I discuss explanations for these disparate results and suggest directions for future research.

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