Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD / Janet Currie, Mark Stabile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currie, Janet.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Stabile, Mark.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w10435.

NBER working paper series no. w10435

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Treatment--United States.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Treatment--Canada.

Child mental health--Econometric models--United States.

Child mental health.

Child mental health--Econometric models--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2004.

Summary:

One in five U.S. youngsters has a mental disorder, but we know little about the effects of these disorders on 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 large 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.

Notes:

Print version record

April 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-31).

OCLC:

246893442

Publisher Number:

201891 CaOOCEL (Public Documents)