Plausibly Exogenous [762] - Health and Education (02/19/2022)
LHS Variable
Health-related behavior
RHS Variable
Education
Source of Exogenous Variation
Variation in the likelihood to obtain any sort of qualification between January and February born individuals for 13 academic cohorts in England, which stems from the compulsory schooling laws interacted with the timing of the CSE and O-level exams
- Braakmann (2011), “The causal relationship between education, health and health related behaviour: Evidence from a natural experiment in England”