The impact of poor health on education
Subtitle: new evidence using genetic markers
By: Weili Ding ... [et al.]
Contributors: Ding, Weili.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 12304.; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 12304.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Academic achievement -- Econometric models; Teenagers -- Health and hygiene; Genetic markers
Description: "This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence.  To account for the endogeneity of health outcomes and their interactions with risky behaviors we exploit natural variation within a set of genetic markers across individuals.  We present strong evidence that these genetic markers serve as valid instruments with good statistical properties for ADHD, depression and obesity.  They help to reveal a new dynamism from poor health to lower academic achievement with substantial heterogeneity in their impacts across genders.  Our investigation further exposes the considerable challenges in identifying health impacts due to the prevalence of comorbid health conditions and endogenous health behaviors"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: "June 2006"

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