Does Education Improve Health? Evidence from Indonesia
利用印度尼西亚1978-1979学年延长这一自然实验，采用断点回归设计，发现延长学年提高了教育程度和工资，但未发现教育改善健康的证据。
I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an extension of Indonesia’s school term length in 1978–1979, a natural experiment that fits a regression discontinuity design. I find the longer school year increases educational attainment and wages, but I do not find evidence that education improves health. I explore some mechanisms through which education may affect health, but education does not seem to promote healthy lifestyles, increase the use of modern healthcare services, or improve access to health insurance; if anything, education improves only cognitive capacity.