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Private schooling and unhealthy lifestyle in France

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  • Léonard Moulin

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Using data which follow the educational trajectories of students during secondary education and measure health status during adulthood, this paper analyzes the effects of private schooling on a range of unhealthy lifestyle outcomes. To account for the non-random selection of students in French private schools I use propensity score matching. I find a positive effect of private schooling on the self-reported health status of girls and a negative effect for boys. These results are related to those on risky behaviours: I find that enrolment in a private school reduces the likelihood of daily smoking for girls, but increases the likelihood of drinking multiple times a week for boys, twelve years after sixth grade. A set of robustness checks confirms the robustness of my results.

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  • Léonard Moulin, 2023. "Private schooling and unhealthy lifestyle in France," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(14), pages 1891-1895, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:30:y:2023:i:14:p:1891-1895
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2083560
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