Child mental health and human capital accumulation: the case of ADHD.

By Janet Currie, M. Stabile. Journal of Health Economics, 2004

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Environment, Health, and Human Capital (2013, unknown): “Many health shocks can affect human capital and productivity, both in the short run (Strauss and Thomas 1998; Currie and Stabile 2006) and the long run (Cunha and Heckman 2007; Currie and Hyson 1999).”
Mental Health and Academic Success in College (2009, background): “First, two complementary studies use sibling fixed-effects models to control for family-level unobservable factors that might be correlated with both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and academic outcomes (Currie & Stabile, 2006; Fletcher & Wolfe, 2007).”
Academic and educational outcomes of children with ADHD. (2007, result): “Another community-based study on the relationship between symptoms of ADHD, scores on academic standardized tests, and grade retention found a linear relationship between the number of behavioral symptoms and academic achievement, even among children whose scores were generally below the clinical th”
Human Capital Development before Age Five. NBER Working Paper No. 15827. (2010, unknown): “Currie and Stabile (2006) use questions similar to those on mental health “screeners” which were administered to large samples of children in the U.S. and Canada in two national surveys.”
Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital (2007, background): “Currie and Stabile (2006) report that both the NLSY and the NLSCY have information about drug and psychiatric treatment for mental health conditions.”
Kindergarten Entrance Age and Children’s Achievement (2009, unknown): “Currie and Stabile (2006) argue that children who exhibit symptoms of ADD/ADHD, the most common childhood mental health condition, accumulate skills in reading and math at a slower rate than children with common physical health problems, such as asthma.”
Mental Health and Education Decisions (2015, background): “Currie and Stabile (2006) and Fletcher and Wolfe (2008) both focus on the relationship between ADHD1 and subsequent educational attainment and find evidence of a strong negative association.”