Longevity and Lifetime Education: Global Evidence from 919 Surveys
Author
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Mainul Hoque, Mohammad
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King, Elizabeth
Author
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Montenegro, Claudio
Author
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Orazem, Peter F.
Admission date
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2017-09-07T21:23:30Z
Available date
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2017-09-07T21:23:30Z
Publication date
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2017
Cita de ítem
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Series Documentos de Trabajo, No. 450, pp. 1 - 38, Agosto, 2017
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Identifier
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/145001
Abstract
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Data from 919 household surveys conducted between 1960 and 2012 spanning 147 economies
are used to evaluate the relationship between rising life expectancy at birth and lifetime years of
schooling for successive birth cohorts between 1905 and 1988. We find significant positive
effects of increased life expectancy at birth on lifetime completed years of schooling in 95% of
the surveys with significant negative effects found in only 2.3%. Rising life expectancy at birth
for a birth cohort has intergenerational benefits in that their children’s schooling also increases.
Rising life expectancy at birth since 1905 can explain 70% of the rising completed years of
schooling for those birth cohorts.
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Lenguage
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en
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Publisher
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Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios