Education and its effects on income and mortality of men aged sixty-five and over in Great Britain
Dorsett, Richard ; Lui, Silvia ; Weale, Martin R.
2014
27
April
71-82
education ; income ; mortality ; older worker ; health status ; men workers
Education and training
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2014.02.002
English
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"We explore the effects of income and, additionally education on the income, self-reported health and survival of men aged sixty-five and over in Great Britain . By so doing, we identify benefits of education which are omitted in the conventional analysis with its focus on labour income excluding employers' pension contributions. We find that income at age sixty-five is significantly influenced by educational attainment and has a significant effect on survival. Even after controlling for circumstances at age sixty-five or when first observed, we identify benefits discounted to age sixty-five of
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