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Dilmaghani, Maryam – Education Economics, 2021
The present paper assesses the causal effects of education on smoking and self-rated health in Canada. Education is instrumented using the changes in compulsory schooling laws. The sample is restricted to cohorts born between 1946 and 1964. The data are from the Canadian General Social Surveys of 1995 and 2016, allowing to observe the evolution of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Correlation, Educational Attainment
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Dilmaghani, Maryam – Education Economics, 2019
The present study assesses how education impacts religiosity. Education is instrumented using the changes in the Canadian school leaving age laws. The data are from the Canadian General Social Surveys collected between 1990 and 2011. The effects of education on both affiliation status and religious attendance are considered. Education is found to…
Descriptors: Religion, Beliefs, Catholics, Educational Legislation