Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital
Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital
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童年心理健康与人力资本
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2007
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M. Stabile
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J. Currie;M. Stabile
虽然精神障碍在儿童中很常见，但我们对他们对儿童结局的长期影响知之甚少。本文研究了美国和加拿大儿童的注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD），抑郁症，行为障碍和其他行为问题的症状。我们的工作提供了一些创新。首先，我们使用来自两国的具有全国代表性的儿童样本。其次，我们关注的是对样本中所有儿童进行的“筛查”，而不是诊断病例。第三，我们通过估计同胞固定效应模型来解决遗漏变量偏倚。第四，我们研究一系列结果。第五，我们问心理健康状况的影响是如何介导的家庭收入和母亲的教育。我们发现，无论家庭收入和母亲受教育程度如何，心理健康状况，特别是多动症，对未来的考试成绩和教育程度都有很大的负面影响。
Although mental disorders are common among children, we know little about their long term effects on child outcomes. This paper examines U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, conduct disorders, and other behavioral problems. Our work offers a number of innovations. First we use large nationally representative samples of children from both countries. Second, we focus on "screeners" that were administered to all children in our sample, rather than on diagnosed cases. Third, we address omitted variables bias by estimating sibling-fixed effects models. Fourth, we examine a range of outcomes. Fifth, we ask how the effects of mental health conditions are mediated by family income and maternal education. We find that mental health conditions, and especially ADHD, have large negative effects on future test scores and schooling attainment, regardless of family income and maternal education.