Causal effect of children's secondary education on parental health outcomes: findings from a natural experiment in Botswana.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A growing literature highlights the intergenerational transmission of human capital from parents to children. However, far less is known about 'upward transmission' from children to parents. In this study, we use a 1996 Botswana education policy reform as a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of children's secondary schooling on their parents' health.

Setting

Botswana's decennial census (2001 and 2011). Data were obtained through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series and are 10% random samples of the complete population in each of these census years.

Participants

Survey respondents who were citizens born in Botswana, at least 18 years old at the time of the census and born in or after 1975 (n=89 721).

Primary and secondary outcome measu

SUBMITTER: Ludwig JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7805356 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature