Add to ORKGOne of the most robust relationships in the social sciences is the large positive correlation between health and education, but establishing a causal link remains a substantial challenge. This paper exploits differences in genetic inheritance among children within the same family to estimate the impact of several poor health conditions on academic outcomes. We present evidence of large impacts of poor mental health on academic achievement. Our estimates suggest that accounting for family fixed effects is important but these strategies cannot fully account for the endogeneity of poor heath. Finally, our results demonstrate that the presence of comorbid conditions presents immense challenges for empirical studies that aim to estimate the impa...
A deeper understanding of the causal links from education level to health outcomes may shed a light ...
An association between lower educational attainment (EA) and an increased risk for depression has be...
Education-driven social inequalities are increasing in the advanced countries. Educational attainmen...
One of the most robust relationships in the social sciences is the large positive correlation betwee...
While there is a well-established, large positive correlation between mental and physical health and...
There has been growing interest in using specific genetic markers as instrumental variables in attem...
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. T...
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. T...
Recent studies have begun to uncover the genetic architecture of educational attainment. We build on...
The causal effect of health on education outcomes remains an open question in economics since unobse...
Good health is positively related to children’s educational outcomes, but relationships may not be c...
To investigate the extent to which shared genetic factors can explain the clustering of depression a...
Debbie A Lawlor and Lyle J Palmer are members of the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (...
Background Low educational attainment in parents is associated with child psychopathology. It is no...
Research has established that school performance relates: (i) negatively with poor mental health dur...
A deeper understanding of the causal links from education level to health outcomes may shed a light ...
An association between lower educational attainment (EA) and an increased risk for depression has be...
Education-driven social inequalities are increasing in the advanced countries. Educational attainmen...
One of the most robust relationships in the social sciences is the large positive correlation betwee...
While there is a well-established, large positive correlation between mental and physical health and...
There has been growing interest in using specific genetic markers as instrumental variables in attem...
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. T...
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. T...
Recent studies have begun to uncover the genetic architecture of educational attainment. We build on...
The causal effect of health on education outcomes remains an open question in economics since unobse...
Good health is positively related to children’s educational outcomes, but relationships may not be c...
To investigate the extent to which shared genetic factors can explain the clustering of depression a...
Debbie A Lawlor and Lyle J Palmer are members of the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (...
Background Low educational attainment in parents is associated with child psychopathology. It is no...
Research has established that school performance relates: (i) negatively with poor mental health dur...
A deeper understanding of the causal links from education level to health outcomes may shed a light ...
An association between lower educational attainment (EA) and an increased risk for depression has be...
Education-driven social inequalities are increasing in the advanced countries. Educational attainmen...