Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2017-02-27
Number: 17-030/V
Author-Name: Bastian Ravesteijn
Author-Email: ravesteijn@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Harvard Medical School, USA; Université Paris Descartes -Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
Author-Name: Hans van Kippersluis
Author-Email: hvankippersluis@ese.eur.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Author-Name: Mauricio Avendano
Author-Email: mauricio.avendano_pabon@kcl.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: King’s College London, United Kingdom
Author-Name: Pekka Martikainen
Author-Email: pekka.martikainen@helsinki.fi
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Helsinki, Finland
Author-Name: Hannu Vessari
Author-Email: huv@novonordisk.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Novo Nordisk, Aalto, Finland
Author-Name: Eddy van Doorslaer
Author-Email: vandoorslaer@ese.eur.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Title: The Impact of Later Tracking on Mortality by Parental Income in Finland
Abstract: We investigate whether later educational tracking reduced the intergenerational persistence of socioeconomic disparities in mortality in Finland,where the tracking age was raised from 11 to 16 in the 1970s. We use a difference-in-differences approach that exploits the gradual rollout of the reform. We find that late tracking did reduce disparities in mortality around the age of 50 by parental income for men. However, the longevity gains of men from low-income families seem to have come at the cost of increased mortality among men who grew up in high-income families. This raises questions about the welfare implications of the reform.
Classification-JEL: C21, I14, I24
Keywords: Education, mortality, tracking, Difference-in-Difference, Finland
File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/17030.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20170030