Child mental health and human capital accumulation: The case of ADHD revisited

In volume 25, issue 6 of this journal, Janet Currie and Mark Stabile (JCMS,) made a significant contribution to our understanding of the influence of ADHD symptoms on a variety of school outcomes including participation in special education, grade repetition and test scores. Their contributions incl...

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Published in:Journal of health economics 2008-05, Vol.27 (3), p.794-800
Main Authors: Fletcher, Jason, Wolfe, Barbara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Bildungsertrag
Canada
Child
Child Development
Children
Children & youth
Economic models
Education
Educational Measurement
Educational Status
Female
Gesundheit
Grade repetition
Health administration
Human capital
Humans
Kanada
Kind
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental health
Psychische Störung
Psychology
Studies
Test scores
United States
USA
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Summary:In volume 25, issue 6 of this journal, Janet Currie and Mark Stabile (JCMS,) made a significant contribution to our understanding of the influence of ADHD symptoms on a variety of school outcomes including participation in special education, grade repetition and test scores. Their contributions include using a broad sample of children and estimating sibling fixed effects models to control for unobserved family effects. In this comment we look at a sample of older children and confirm and extend many of the JCMS findings in terms of a broader set of measures of human capital and additional specifications.
ISSN:0167-6296
1879-1646
DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.010