Adolescent mental health and behavioural problems, and intergenerational social mobility: A decomposition of health selection effects

According to the health selection hypothesis, poor mental health and behavioural problems in adolescence limit socioeconomic attainment. But to what extent is health selection driven by prior social causation? This paper quantifies the extent to which health selection - here, restricted or downward...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017