Distributional Effects of Education on Health
利用英国1972年将最低离校年龄从15岁提高到16岁的政策，通过断点回归设计分析129,000人的健康数据，发现教育降低了中年时期的体型（尤其是肥胖率降低8个百分点），但提高了血压（主要影响低压人群，对二级高血压无显著影响）。
This paper studies distributional effects of education on health. In 1972, England, Scotland, and Wales raised their minimum school-leaving age from 15 to 16 for students born after 9/1/1957. Using a regression discontinuity design and objective health measures for 129,000 individuals, we find that education reduced body size and increased blood pressure in middle age. The reduction in body size was concentrated at the upper tail of the distribution with an 8 percentage point reduction in obesity. The increase in blood pressure was concentrated at the lower tail of the distribution with no effect on stage 2 hypertension.