The Impact of Poor Health on Education: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers

This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. To account for the endogeneity of health outcomes and their interactions with risky behaviors we exploit natural variation within a set of genetic markers across individuals. We present strong evidence

本文探讨了青春期健康状况对学业表现的影响。为解决健康结果的内生性及其与危险行为的相互作用问题，我们利用了个体间一组遗传标记的自然变异。我们提供了有力的证据