Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210941 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1300
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
We investigate two parallel school reforms in Sweden to assess the long-run health effects of education. One reform only increased years of schooling, while the other increased years of schooling but also removed tracking leading to a more mixed socioeconomic peer group. By differencing the effects of the parallel reforms we can separate the effect of de-tracking and peers from that of more schooling. We find that the pure years of schooling reform reduced mortality and improved current health. Differencing the effects of the reforms shows significant differences in the estimated impacts, suggesting that de-tracking and subsequent peer effects resulted in worse health.
Subjects: 
Health returns to education
School tracking
Peer effects
JEL: 
I12
I18
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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