Estimation of the treatment effect of higher education on health: Comparison of the multivariate recursive probit model and matching

Elena Kossova () and Mariia Kosorukova ()
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Elena Kossova: HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation;
Mariia Kosorukova: HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation;

Applied Econometrics, 2023, vol. 69, 65-90

Abstract: The paper presents a comparative analysis of the multivariate recursive probit model and matching as the methods for estimating the treatment effect of higher education on binary indicators of individuals’ health. Statistical evidence has been obtained in favor of the presence of a negative treatment effect of higher education on the probability of a woman suffering from hypertension and obesity and a man assessing his health as very good, as well as a positive effect on the probability of a woman having eye diseases and allergy. It is concluded that it is necessary to estimate the treatment effect in applied research simultaneously by different methods to obtain robust estimates

Keywords: treatment effect; matching; propensity score; multivariate probit model; education; self-assessment of health; chronic diseases. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C21 C31 C35 I19 I26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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