Currie Janet, Stabile Mark
Department of Economics, Columbia University, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA.
J Health Econ. 2006 Nov;25(6):1094-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.03.001. Epub 2006 May 24.
One in five U.S. youngsters has a mental disorder, but we know little about the effects of these disorders on child 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 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.
美国五分之一的青少年患有精神障碍，但我们对这些障碍对儿童成长结果的影响知之甚少。我们研究了有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）症状的美国和加拿大儿童，这是最常见的儿童心理健康问题。我们的创新之处包括使用具有全国代表性的儿童样本，对所有儿童进行提问而不是仅关注已确诊的病例，以及使用兄弟姐妹固定效应来控制遗漏变量。我们发现这些障碍对考试成绩和学业成就有很大的负面影响，这表明心理健康状况对平均成长结果的决定作用比身体健康状况更为重要。
