Quality of schooling and inequality of opportunity in health |
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Authors: | Andrew M Jones Nigel Rice Pedro Rosa Dias |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University, Konradsbergsgatan 24 A, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This paper explores the role of quality of schooling as a source of inequality of opportunity in health. Substantiating earlier
literature that links differences in education to health disparities, the paper uses variation in quality of schooling to
test for inequality of opportunity in health. Analysis of the 1958 NCDS cohort exploits the variation in type and quality
of schools generated by the comprehensive schooling reforms in England and Wales. The analysis provides evidence of a statistically
significant and economically sizable association between some dimensions of quality of education and a range of health and
health-related outcomes. For some outcomes the association persists, over and above the effects of measured ability, social
development, academic qualifications and adult socioeconomic status and lifestyle. |
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