Child mental health and human capital accumulation

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"Recently, Currie and Stabile (2006) 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 paper 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"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

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Series Statement

• NBER working paper series -- working paper 13474
• Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 13474.

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