SMU SOE Seminar (March 17, 2023): School Health Programs: Education, Health, and Welfare Dependency of Young Adults

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ABSTRACT This paper provides novel evidence that low-cost preventive health care services delivered at schools have positive and lasting impacts. Variation comes from a 1999-reform in Norway that changed the availability of health professionals at schools across municipalities and cohorts. The reform increased the supply of school nurses by 35% in treated municipalities. The reform reduced teenage pregnancies and increased college attendance for girls. Among adults between 25 and 35 years old, the reform reduced the take-up of welfare benefits and for women it increased planned use of primary and specialist health care services. Keywords: School Health Services, Teenage Pregnancy, Welfare Dependency, Utilization of Health Services, Health Status. JEL Codes: H75, I10, I12, I28, I30, I38 Click here to view the CV. Click here to view the paper.
		PRESENTER Rita Ginja University of Bergen
		RESEARCH FIELDS Labor Economics Education Economics Health Economics
		DATE: 17 March 2023 (Friday)
		TIME: 4pm - 5.30pm
		VENUE: Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5 School of Economics Singapore Management University 90 Stamford Road Singapore 178903