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The Effect of Maternal Depression and Substance Abuse on Child Human Capital Development

Frank, Richard G. - 2009

abuse on children born to mothers in the initial cohort of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a national … home and parental mental health can have notable impacts on skill development in children that may affect the stock of … household survey of high school students aged 14-22 in 1979. We follow 1587 children aged 1-5 in 1987, observing them throughout …

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Typically Unobserved Variables (Tuvs) and Selection into Prenatal Inputs : Implications for Estimating Infant Health Production Functions

Reichman, Nancy E.; Corman, Hope; Noonan, Kelly; Dave, … - 2021

We examine the extent to which infant health production functions are sensitive to model specification and measurement error. We focus on the importance of typically unobserved but theoretically important variables (TUVs), other non-standard covariates (NSCs), input reporting, and...

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Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J.; Lochner, Lance; … - 2021

This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...

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Mother'S Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital : Evidence from College Openings and Longitudinal Data

Currie, Janet; Moretti, Enrico - 2021

We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth outcomes: use of prenatal care, smoking behavior,...

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Obesity and Skill Attainment in Early Childhood

Cawley, John - 2009

correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that it cannot be due solely to …

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Mental Health Parity Legislation, Cost-Sharing and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions

Dave, Dhaval - 2010

Treatment is highly cost-effective in reducing an individual's substance abuse (SA) and associated harms. However, data from Treatment Episodes (TEDS) indicate that per capita treatment admissions substantially lagged behind increases in heavy drug use from 1992-2007. Only ten percent of...

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Mental Illness and the Demand for Alcohol, Cocaine and Cigarettes

Saffer, Henry; Dave, Dhaval - 2021

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect that mental illness has on the demand for addictive goods. Mental illness could affect the level of consumption of addictive goods and could affect the price elasticities of addictive goods. Demand theory suggests that mental illness would...

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The Relationships between Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment and Juvenile Crime

Cuellar, Alison; Markowitz, Sara; Libby, Anne M. - 2021

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of mental health and substance abuse treatment in reducing crimes committed by juveniles. The observed high correlations between crime, substance abuse and poor mental health suggests that factors which reduce substance abuse and improve...

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Mental Health Treatment and Criminal Justice Outcomes

Frank, Richard G. - 2010

children with behavioral problems, mental health courts, and mandatory outpatient treatment are inconclusive …

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Parity for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care Under Managed Care

Frank, Richard G.; McGuire, Thomas G. - 2021

Background: Parity in insurance coverage for mental health and substance abuse has been a key goal of mental health and substance abuse care advocates in the United States during most of the past 20 years. The push for parity began during the era of indemnity insurance and fee for service...

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