Does schooling improve cognitive abilities at older ages?: causal evidence from nonparametric bounds
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Amin, Vikesh, author Behrman, Jere Richard, 1940- author Fletcher, Jason, author Flores, Carlos A., author Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso, author Kohler, Hans-Peter, author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body. University of Pennsylvania. Population Aging Research Center, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics : Population Aging Research Center, May 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Aged Cognition Educational Status Neuropsychological Tests United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In older U.S. adults, higher levels of education resulted in better performance on tests that assess cognitive function in a study using innovative methods that provided average causal effects of schooling on a broad population. Higher cognitive scores were most prominent among college-educated individuals compared to high school graduates: A college education led to the equivalent of a 1.4- to 5.4-point increase on a 100-point cognitive test.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918713786106676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918713786106676