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Essays on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Alabama, 2018 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Attention/Attention Deficit; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Children, Behavioral Development; Geocoded Data; State-Level Data/Policy Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In the second essay, we explore whether the introduction of school accountability policies can account for changes in ADHD diagnosis. We exploit differences across states and time in the introduction of school accountability laws to estimates differences in mean ADHD diagnosis. The results from our analysis suggest that one policy, state-level rewards given to high-performing schools, leads to approximates a 3 percentage point increase in the probability of an ADHD diagnosis among children. We find that the children most impacted by the policy are those whose mothers' reported zero behavioral problems in the pre-policy period, perhaps indicating that prior to the policy these mothers did not believe that their child had behavioral problems. |
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Hampton, James Matthew. Essays on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Alabama, 2018. |