Explaining the educational effect and the risk demography: comparing school-attending and non-attending population in behaviors and decision making
| Areas | : | Education and learning |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher/s in charge | : | Martín Benavides |
| Other researchers | : | Carmen Ponce, Heidi Rodrich, Inés Olivera |
| Execution time | : | October 2008 - September 2011 |
Presentation
The education effect is so large that education is often assumed to be a major cause of the demographic transition of modern society, which consists of reduced mortality and fertility, and longer life spans. While most demographers and health researchers acknowledge the persistent and significant association between formal schooling and positive health outcomes, why education has this influence is not well understood and a multidisciplinary investigation of how this effect occurs is the chief intellectual merit of the proposed study.
