@Misc{duepublico_mods_00074644, author = {Abrahamsen, Signe A. and Ginja, Rita and Riise Kolstad, Julie}, title = {School Health Programs: Education, Health and Welfare Dependency of Young Adults}, year = {2021}, month = {Jul}, day = {29}, volume = {2021}, number = {04}, keywords = {School Health Services; Teenage Pregnancy; Welfare Dependency; Utilization of Health Services; Health Status}, abstract = {The purpose of the CINCH working paper series is to disseminate research in health economics encourage discussion in the fields of economic policy and competition in the health care sector. The series is targeted towards publishing ongoing high-quality research covering a wide range of topics within health economics, including theoretical, empirical and experimental contributions. Working papers should be full papers. The working paper series reflects the interests of CINCH such that econometric or experimental methods should form a significant component of the paper.}, note = {Template-type: ReDIF-Series 1.0 Name: CINCH Working Paper Series (since 2020) Provider-Name: Duisburg-Essen University Library, DuEPublico Provider-Homepage: https://cinch.uni-due.de/ Provider-Institution: RePEc:edi:cinchde Maintainer-Name: DuEPublico Maintainer-Email: duepublico.ub@uni-due.de ISSN: 2199-8744 Predecessor: RePEc:duh:wpaper Type: ReDIF-Paper Handle: RePEc:ajt:wcinch}, note = {Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Abrahamsen, Signe A. Author-Name-First: Signe A. Author-Name-Last: Abrahamsen Author-Name: Ginja, Rita Author-Name-First: Rita Author-Name-Last: Ginja Author-Name: Riise, Julie Author-Name-First: Julie Author-Name-Last: Riise Kolstad Title: School Health Programs: Education, Health and Welfare Dependency of Young Adults Abstract: This paper provides new evidence that preventive health care services delivered at schools and provided at a relatively low cost have positive and lasting impacts. We use variation from a 1999‐reform in Norway that induced substantial differences in the availability of health professionals across municipalities and cohorts. In municipalities with one fewer school nurse per 1,000 schoolage children before the reform there was an increase in the availability of nurses of 35{\%} from the pre‐ to the post‐reform period, attributed to the policy change. The reform reduced teenage pregnancies and increased college attendance for girls. It also reduced the take‐up of welfare benefits by ages 26 and 30 and increased the planned use of primary and specialist health care services at ages 25‐35, without impacts on emergency room admissions. The reform also improved the health of newborns of affected new mothers and reduced the likelihood of miscarriages. Keywords: School Health Services, Teenage Pregnancy, Welfare Dependency, Utilization of Health Services, Health Status Creation-Date: 2021-07-29 DOI: 10.17185/duepublico/74644 File-URL: https://duepublico2.uni-due.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/duepublico{\_}derivate{\_}00074414/CINCH{\_}Series{\_}2021{\_}04.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 4039517 Handle: RePEc:ajt:wcinch:74644}, issn = {2199-8744}, doi = {10.17185/duepublico/74644}, url = {https://duepublico2.uni-due.de/receive/duepublico_mods_00074644}, url = {https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/74644}, url = {https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/70887}, file = {:https://duepublico2.uni-due.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/duepublico_derivate_00074414/CINCH_Series_2021_04.pdf:PDF}, language = {en} }