The Effects of Improved Health on Productivity Through Education.

I. Leveson, D. Ullman, G. Wassall

Expert InsightsPublished 1968

An examination of the relationships between health status and educational attainment, achievement, and absenteeism. Earlier materials on absenteeism, school dropouts, and armed forces rejectees are examined, and new data from a study of school health records and armed forces rejection are presented. Some rough, overall calculations are made of the effects of health on productivity through education, such as: (1) A minimum estimate of productivity losses through dropping out of school for health reasons is $3 to $4 billion for employed persons. (2) Absenteeism from school results in a loss of output of $2 billion. Much needs to be done in this area of research, since omission of productivity effects in estimates of the value of improved health biases our thinking about resource allocation away from medical care toward other investments. 19 pp. Ref.

Topics

Document Details

Citation

Chicago Manual of Style

Leveson, I., D. Ullman, and G. Wassall, The Effects of Improved Health on Productivity Through Education. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1968. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3952.html.
BibTeX RIS

This publication is part of the RAND paper series. The paper series was a product of RAND from 1948 to 2003 that captured speeches, memorials, and derivative research, usually prepared on authors' own time and meant to be the scholarly or scientific contribution of individual authors to their professional fields. Papers were less formal than reports and did not require rigorous peer review.

This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to this product page is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.