Replication data for: Limited Life Expectancy, Human Capital and Health Investments
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Emily Oster; Ira Shoulson; E. Ray Dorsey
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Project Citation:
Oster, Emily, Shoulson, Ira, and Dorsey, E. Ray. Replication data for: Limited Life Expectancy, Human Capital and Health Investments. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112664V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Human capital theory predicts that life expectancy will impact human capital attainment. We estimate this relationship using variation in life expectancy driven by Huntington disease, an inherited neurological disorder. We compare investments for individuals who have ex-ante identical risks of HD but differ in disease realization. Individuals with the HD mutation complete less education and job training. The elasticity of demand for college attendance with respect to life expectancy is around 1.0. We relate this to cross-country and over-time differences in education. We use smoking and cancer screening data to test the corollary that health capital responds to life expectancy.
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JEL Classification:
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I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I12 Health Behavior
I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I12 Health Behavior
I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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