Emory University, Department of Economics, Atlanta, GA 30322-2240, USA.
J Health Econ. 2011 Dec;30(6):1232-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.003. Epub 2011 Aug 16.
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.
本文利用 20 世纪中期美国南部实行种族隔离制度时黑人学生所接受的学校教育质量的实质性提高,估计了学校质量对教育与健康结果之间关系的影响。本文使用国家健康访谈调查的数据,研究结果表明,以师生比、教师平均工资和学年长度衡量的学校教育质量的提高,放大了教育对晚年健康的几个衡量指标(包括自评健康、吸烟、肥胖和死亡率)的有益影响。