Adolescent depression and educational attainment: Results using sibling fixed effects

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 855-871

  Fletcher, Jason M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Fixed effects; Health; Human capital

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953608040     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1526     Document Type: Article

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