Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption

Cipollone, Piero; Rosolia, Alfonso

dc.creator	Cipollone, Piero
dc.creator	Rosolia, Alfonso
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:35Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:35Z
dc.date	2011-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:56:54Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:56:54Z
dc.identifier	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
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3444
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244408
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5680
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADULT EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ADULT HEALTH
dc.subject	ADULT MORTALITY
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	ADULTS
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ALCOHOL USE
dc.subject	BABY
dc.subject	CANCER
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject	CENSUS DATA
dc.subject	CHILD LABOR
dc.subject	COMPLETION RATES
dc.subject	COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	DEATH RATE
dc.subject	DEATH RATES
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DISEASES
dc.subject	DISPLACEMENT
dc.subject	DROPOUT
dc.subject	DRUG USERS
dc.subject	DRUGS
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subject	EFFECTS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	FAMILY SIZE
dc.subject	FOOD INDUSTRY
dc.subject	FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
dc.subject	HEALTH BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	HEALTH EFFECTS
dc.subject	HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTHY LIFE
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	LABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subject	LABOR LAWS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOUR
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LIFE CYCLE
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LONGER LIFE
dc.subject	MALE POPULATION
dc.subject	MALES
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MINIMUM WAGES
dc.subject	MORBIDITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY DECLINE
dc.subject	MORTALITY DECLINES
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	MORTALITY REDUCTION
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	NATIONAL POPULATION
dc.subject	NUMBER OF DEATHS
dc.subject	OBESITY
dc.subject	PEACE
dc.subject	PEER GROUPS
dc.subject	PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
dc.subject	PLACE OF RESIDENCE
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POPULATION CENSUS
dc.subject	POPULATION ECONOMICS
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RETIREMENT
dc.subject	RETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL COMPLETION
dc.subject	SCHOOL DROP
dc.subject	SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATES
dc.subject	SCHOOL DROPOUT
dc.subject	SCHOOL DROPOUTS
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL GRADUATES
dc.subject	SCHOOL YEAR
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SMOKING
dc.subject	SOCIAL BENEFITS
dc.subject	SOCIAL BENEFITS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	SOCIAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL WORK
dc.subject	SPILLOVER
dc.subject	TEENS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	YOUNG AGE
dc.subject	YOUNG MEN
dc.subject	YOUNG POPULATION
dc.subject	YOUNG WOMEN
dc.title	Schooling and Youth Mortality : Learning from a Mass Military Exemption
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia
dc.coverage	Europe
dc.coverage	Italy