Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys

Data from 919 household surveys conducted between 1960 and 2012, spanning 147 economies, are used to evaluate the relationship between rising life expectancy at birth and lifetime years of schooling for successive birth cohorts between 1905 and 198...

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Main Authors: Hoque, Mohammad Mainul, King, Elizabeth M., Montenegro, Claudio E., Orazem, Peter F.
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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spelling okr-10986-283502021-06-08T14:42:48Z Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys Hoque, Mohammad Mainul King, Elizabeth M. Montenegro, Claudio E. Orazem, Peter F. LIFETIME EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY HUMAN CAPITAL COHORT BEN-PORATH IDENTIFICATION YEARS OF SCHOOLING Data from 919 household surveys conducted between 1960 and 2012, spanning 147 economies, are used to evaluate the relationship between rising life expectancy at birth and lifetime years of schooling for successive birth cohorts between 1905 and 1988. The study finds significant positive effects of increased life expectancy at birth on lifetime completed years of schooling in 95 percent of the surveys, with significant negative effects found in only 2.3 percent. Rising life expectancy at birth for a birth cohort has intergenerational benefits in that the cohort's children’s schooling also increases. Rising life expectancy at birth since 1905 can explain 70 percent of the rising completed years of schooling for those birth cohorts. 2017-09-21T15:49:48Z 2017-09-21T15:49:48Z 2017-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/466891504011476420/Longevity-and-lifetime-education-global-evidence-from-919-surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28350 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8175 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic LIFETIME EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
HUMAN CAPITAL
COHORT
BEN-PORATH
IDENTIFICATION
YEARS OF SCHOOLING
spellingShingle LIFETIME EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
HUMAN CAPITAL
COHORT
BEN-PORATH
IDENTIFICATION
YEARS OF SCHOOLING
Hoque, Mohammad Mainul
King, Elizabeth M.
Montenegro, Claudio E.
Orazem, Peter F.
Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8175
description Data from 919 household surveys conducted between 1960 and 2012, spanning 147 economies, are used to evaluate the relationship between rising life expectancy at birth and lifetime years of schooling for successive birth cohorts between 1905 and 1988. The study finds significant positive effects of increased life expectancy at birth on lifetime completed years of schooling in 95 percent of the surveys, with significant negative effects found in only 2.3 percent. Rising life expectancy at birth for a birth cohort has intergenerational benefits in that the cohort's children’s schooling also increases. Rising life expectancy at birth since 1905 can explain 70 percent of the rising completed years of schooling for those birth cohorts.
format Working Paper
author Hoque, Mohammad Mainul
King, Elizabeth M.
Montenegro, Claudio E.
Orazem, Peter F.
author_facet Hoque, Mohammad Mainul
King, Elizabeth M.
Montenegro, Claudio E.
Orazem, Peter F.
author_sort Hoque, Mohammad Mainul
title Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys
title_short Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys
title_full Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys
title_fullStr Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys
title_full_unstemmed Longevity and Lifetime Education : Global Evidence from 919 Surveys
title_sort longevity and lifetime education : global evidence from 919 surveys
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/466891504011476420/Longevity-and-lifetime-education-global-evidence-from-919-surveys
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