Child mental health and human capital accumulation: The case of ADHD
Child mental health and human capital accumulation: The case of ADHD
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.03.001
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发表时间：
2006-11-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Stabile, Mark
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作者：
Currie, Janet;Stabile, Mark
五分之一的美国青少年患有精神疾病，但我们对这些疾病对儿童结果的影响知之甚少。我们检查了美国和加拿大儿童的注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）症状，这是最常见的儿童心理健康问题。我们的创新包括使用具有全国代表性的儿童样本，使用对所有儿童的问题，而不是只关注诊断病例，以及使用兄弟姐妹固定效应来控制遗漏的变量。我们发现大的负面影响，考试成绩和学业成绩表明，心理健康状况是一个更重要的决定因素，平均结果比身体健康状况。(c)2006 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
One in five U.S. youngsters has a mental disorder, but we know little about the effects of these disorders on child outcomes. We examine U.S. and Canadian children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most common child mental health problem. Our innovations include the use of nationally representative samples of children, the use of questions administered to all children rather than focusing only on diagnosed cases, and the use of sibling fixed effects to control for omitted variables. We find large negative effects on test scores and schooling attainment suggesting that mental health conditions are a more important determinant of average outcomes than physical health conditions. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.