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Author: Bichaka, Fayissa
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Bichaka, Fayissa Danyal, Shah Butler, J. S. |
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The Impact of Education on Health Status: Evidence from Longitudinal Survey Data Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, Middle Tennessee State University, February 2011. Also: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/working/Economics_Working_Papers.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Endogeneity; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Heterogeneity; Human Capital; Modeling, Fixed Effects Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using the NLSY79 panel data set from 1979-2006 for a cross-section of 12,686 individuals, this paper investigates the effect of educational attainment on the health status of an individual as measured by “the inability to work for health reasons.” The present study bridges the gap in the literature by using the fixed-effects model, random-effects model, between-effects, and the Arellano-Bond dynamic model to analyze the impact of education on health status. We use these alternative models to control unobserved heterogeneity. Educational attainment has a statistically significant and positive effect on the quality of an individual’s health status. |
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Bichaka, Fayissa, Shah Danyal and J. S. Butler. "The Impact of Education on Health Status: Evidence from Longitudinal Survey Data." Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, Middle Tennessee State University, February 2011. |
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Danyal, Shah Bichaka, Fayissa Lee, Jong-Sung |
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Impact of Education on Lifestyles: What Do Longitudinal Data Show? Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, Middle Tennessee State University, April 2011. Also: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/working/WPSeries_April_20__2011_Impact_%20Education%20on%20Lifestyles.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Education; Educational Attainment; Heterogeneity; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This essay investigates the effect of education on different lifestyle variables using NLSY79 panels for 1992, 1994, and 1998. The lifestyle variables are smoking, drinking, marijuana use, and cocaine use. The analysis addresses the joint determination of lifestyle variables within the framework of the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model. Unobserved heterogeneity is controlled by the robust fixed-effects model extended to SUR model. It is found that educational attainment has no significant effect on the lifestyle choices of individuals. |
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Danyal, Shah, Fayissa Bichaka and Jong-Sung Lee. "Impact of Education on Lifestyles: What Do Longitudinal Data Show?." Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance Working Paper Series, Middle Tennessee State University, April 2011. |