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dc.titleDoes education induce healthy lifestyle?
dc.contributor.authorPark, C.
dc.contributor.authorKang, C.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-03T08:08:47Z
dc.date.available2011-05-03T08:08:47Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationPark, C., Kang, C. (2008). Does education induce healthy lifestyle?. Journal of Health Economics 27 (6) : 1516-1531. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.07.005
dc.identifier.issn01676296
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/22340
dc.description.abstractWe investigate whether education induces individuals to have healthy lifestyle. To test for causality we instrument education by high school availability and birth order using data of Korean men; to account for correlations among health behaviors, we estimate a quadvariate probit model using simulated MLE. Our results indicate that an increase in education induces individuals to exercise regularly, and to get regular health checkups. We find, however, that education has little effect on smoking or drinking. We also discover that unobserved determinants of health behaviors are correlated, especially between smoking and drinking, and between exercising and getting health checkups. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.description.urihttp://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.07.005
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectQuadvariate probit
dc.subjectSouth Korea
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentECONOMICS
dc.description.doi10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.07.005
dc.description.sourcetitleJournal of Health Economics
dc.description.volume27
dc.description.issue6
dc.description.page1516-1531
dc.description.codenJHECD
dc.identifier.isiut000261354500010
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