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Years of education

In: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia

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We start with the case of education. The more years a young person has of schooling today, the greater will be the reduction of dementia symptoms when the person becomes older. We explain why the inverse relationship between education and dementia symptoms would exist. Distinguishing between explanations is the basis of our strategy justifying giving a causal explanation for the inverse relation between education and dementia. Our estimations support the brain reserve hypothesis. In order to carry out any CBA, we need to present the general framework to estimate benefits, which involves decomposing the benefits estimate into three steps. We report that the benefits of years of education are large, though it is subject to diminishing returns. Using our benefit estimates we show that high school dropout prevention programs would be worthwhile. The relevance of our findings for Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) countries is discussed here and in all chapters.

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  • ., 2022. "Years of education," Chapters, in: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia, chapter 3, pages 33-49, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Andreas F. Buehler & Patrick Lehnert & Uschi Backes-Gellner, 2023. "Curriculum Updates in Vocational Education and Changes in Graduates' Skills and Wages," Economics of Education Working Paper Series 0205, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW).

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