A large body of empirical research links mental health and labour market outcomes; however, there are few studies that … effectively control for the two-way causality between work and health and the existence of unobserved individual characteristics … that might jointly determine health and labour market outcomes. In this study, we estimate the effect of mental health on …

We examine the effect of survey measurement error on the empirical relationship between child mental health and … personal and family characteristics, and between child mental health and educational progress. Our contribution is to use … progress. Maternal education and mental health, family income, and major adverse life events, are all significant in explaining …