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The effect of education on old age cognitive abilities: evidence from a Regression Discontinuity design

Autor(en):
Mazzonna, Fabrizio; James Banks
Abstract:
We exploit the change to the minimum school-leaving age in the England, Scotland andWales from 14 to 15 using a regression discontinuity design to evaluate the causal effect of onemore year of education on cognitive abilities at older ages. We find a large and significant effectof this reform on males' memory and executive functioning measured using simple cognitive testsfrom the English Longitudinal Survey on Ageing (ELSA). This result is particularly remarkablesince the 1947 reform had a power...     »
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Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier
Jahr:
2012
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