Mental Disorders' Impact on Labor Market Outcomes: Theory and Evidence from ADHD

Mental Disorders' Impact on Labor Market Outcomes: Theory and Evidence from ADHD

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Main Author: Hartge, Joseph
Language:English
Published: Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK 2015
Subjects:
Economics
Mental disorders
ADHD
age of diagnosis
labor market outcomes
earnings
job termination
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1429893077
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ouhonors14298930772021-08-03T06:30:45Z Mental Disorders' Impact on Labor Market Outcomes: Theory and Evidence from ADHD Hartge, Joseph Economics Mental disorders ADHD age of diagnosis labor market outcomes earnings job termination This thesis contributes to the existing empirical research on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder's (ADHD) influence on labor market outcomes. Two metrics, earnings and job termination, are used to measure labor market outcomes, and the latter has not been tested in the existing literature. In addition to using ADHD as a binary variable, the age of diagnosis is employed to capture a fuller effect of having the disorder in the labor market. Overall, results argue that agents who are diagnosed between ages 5 and 14 can completely overcome any negative effect that ADHD has on earnings, on average, compared to agents who do not have ADHD. Being diagnosed after age 14, however, yields on average lower wages compared to non-ADHD agents. Interestingly, results also argue that an earlier age of diagnosis increases the agent's probability of being fired compared to a later diagnosis. 2015-04-30 English text Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1429893077 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1429893077 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Economics
Mental disorders
ADHD
age of diagnosis
labor market outcomes
earnings
job termination
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Mental disorders
ADHD
age of diagnosis
labor market outcomes
earnings
job termination
Hartge, Joseph
Mental Disorders' Impact on Labor Market Outcomes: Theory and Evidence from ADHD
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