Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption
This paper examines the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several cohorts of young men from specific southern towns were unexpectedly exempted from compulsory military service after a major...
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okr-10986-34442021-04-23T14:02:09Z Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption Cipollone, Piero Rosolia, Alfonso ADULT EMPLOYMENT ADULT HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY ADULT POPULATION ADULTS AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOL USE BABY CANCER CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAUSES OF DEATH CENSUS DATA CHILD LABOR COMPLETION RATES COMPULSORY SCHOOLING DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DISPLACEMENT DROPOUT DRUG USERS DRUGS EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS EFFECTS OF EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY SIZE FOOD INDUSTRY FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTHY LIFE HIGH SCHOOL HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INTERVENTION LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOUR LAWS LEARNING LIFE CYCLE LIFE EXPECTANCY LONGER LIFE MALE POPULATION MALES MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY DECLINES MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY REDUCTION MOTHER NATIONAL POPULATION NUMBER OF DEATHS OBESITY PEACE PEER GROUPS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION ECONOMICS POPULATION SIZE PROGRESS QUALITY OF LIFE RESPECT RETIREMENT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RISK FACTORS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL DROP SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATES SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SMOKING SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL BENEFITS OF EDUCATION SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WORK SPILLOVER TEENS UNEMPLOYMENT WAR YOUNG AGE YOUNG MEN YOUNG POPULATION YOUNG WOMEN This paper examines the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several cohorts of young men from specific southern towns were unexpectedly exempted from compulsory military service after a major quake hit the region. Comparisons of exempt cohorts from the least damaged towns on the border of the quake region with similar ones from neighbouring non-exempt towns just outside the region show that, by 1991, the cohorts exempted while still in high school display significantly higher graduation rates. The probability of dying over the decade 1991-2001 was also significantly lower. Several robustness checks confirm that the findings do not reflect omitted quake-related confounding factors, such as the ensuing compensatory interventions. Moreover, cohorts exempted soon after high school age do not display higher schooling or lower mortality rates, thus excluding that the main findings reflect direct effects of military service on subsequent mortality rather than a causal effect of schooling. The authors conclude that increasing the proportion of high school graduates by 1 percentage point leads to 0.1-0.2 percentage points lower mortality rates between the ages of 25 and 35. 2012-03-19T18:02:35Z 2012-03-19T18:02:35Z 2011-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110608135546 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3444 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5680 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Italy |
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ADULT EMPLOYMENT ADULT HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY ADULT POPULATION ADULTS AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOL USE BABY CANCER CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAUSES OF DEATH CENSUS DATA CHILD LABOR COMPLETION RATES COMPULSORY SCHOOLING DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DISPLACEMENT DROPOUT DRUG USERS DRUGS EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS EFFECTS OF EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY SIZE FOOD INDUSTRY FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTHY LIFE HIGH SCHOOL HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INTERVENTION LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOUR LAWS LEARNING LIFE CYCLE LIFE EXPECTANCY LONGER LIFE MALE POPULATION MALES MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY DECLINES MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY REDUCTION MOTHER NATIONAL POPULATION NUMBER OF DEATHS OBESITY PEACE PEER GROUPS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION ECONOMICS POPULATION SIZE PROGRESS QUALITY OF LIFE RESPECT RETIREMENT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RISK FACTORS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL DROP SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATES SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SMOKING SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL BENEFITS OF EDUCATION SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WORK SPILLOVER TEENS UNEMPLOYMENT WAR YOUNG AGE YOUNG MEN YOUNG POPULATION YOUNG WOMEN |
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ADULT EMPLOYMENT ADULT HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY ADULT POPULATION ADULTS AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOL USE BABY CANCER CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAUSES OF DEATH CENSUS DATA CHILD LABOR COMPLETION RATES COMPULSORY SCHOOLING DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DISPLACEMENT DROPOUT DRUG USERS DRUGS EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS EFFECTS OF EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILY SIZE FOOD INDUSTRY FORMAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTHY LIFE HIGH SCHOOL HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INTERVENTION LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOUR LAWS LEARNING LIFE CYCLE LIFE EXPECTANCY LONGER LIFE MALE POPULATION MALES MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY DECLINES MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY REDUCTION MOTHER NATIONAL POPULATION NUMBER OF DEATHS OBESITY PEACE PEER GROUPS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION ECONOMICS POPULATION SIZE PROGRESS QUALITY OF LIFE RESPECT RETIREMENT RETURNS TO EDUCATION RISK FACTORS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL DROP SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATES SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SMOKING SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL BENEFITS OF EDUCATION SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WORK SPILLOVER TEENS UNEMPLOYMENT WAR YOUNG AGE YOUNG MEN YOUNG POPULATION YOUNG WOMEN Cipollone, Piero Rosolia, Alfonso Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption |
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Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Italy |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5680 |
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This paper examines the relationship
between education and mortality in a young population of
Italian males. In 1981 several cohorts of young men from
specific southern towns were unexpectedly exempted from
compulsory military service after a major quake hit the
region. Comparisons of exempt cohorts from the least damaged
towns on the border of the quake region with similar ones
from neighbouring non-exempt towns just outside the region
show that, by 1991, the cohorts exempted while still in high
school display significantly higher graduation rates. The
probability of dying over the decade 1991-2001 was also
significantly lower. Several robustness checks confirm that
the findings do not reflect omitted quake-related
confounding factors, such as the ensuing compensatory
interventions. Moreover, cohorts exempted soon after high
school age do not display higher schooling or lower
mortality rates, thus excluding that the main findings
reflect direct effects of military service on subsequent
mortality rather than a causal effect of schooling. The
authors conclude that increasing the proportion of high
school graduates by 1 percentage point leads to 0.1-0.2
percentage points lower mortality rates between the ages of
25 and 35. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Cipollone, Piero Rosolia, Alfonso |
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Cipollone, Piero Rosolia, Alfonso |
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Cipollone, Piero |
| title |
Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption |
| title_short |
Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption |
| title_full |
Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption |
| title_fullStr |
Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption |
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schooling and youth mortality : learning from a mass military exemption |
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2012 |
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