Journal article
The role of child health and economic status in educational, health, and labour market outcomes in young adulthood
Abstract
Abstract The Ontario Child Health Study provides the first opportunity in Canada to assess directly the relationship between socio‐economic and health status in childhood and levels of completed schooling, health status, and labour market success in young adulthood. We find that childhood health problems are negatively associated with educational attainment, especially the probability of a university degree, and the health status of young …
Authors
Contoyannis P; Dooley M
Journal
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 323–346
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01574.x
ISSN
0008-4085