Room: Phillips 203
Time: Tue 15:00 PM-16:30 PM

Health and Academic Achievement

Chair: David Becker

Session Description

This session includes three empirical papers which explore the relationship between health and academic achievement. The first paper examines the effect of depressive symptoms on grade point average. The second paper estimates the effect of college quality on health behaviors in adulthood. The third paper focuses on the role of infant health as a contributor to racial disparities in academic outcomes during youth. All three papers focus on disentangling causal from correlational relationships between health and academic achievement. This session will provide new information about the complex, potentially bi-directional relationship between health and academic achievement.

Key Terms None

Session Organizer: Pinka Chatterji (University at Albany)

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Presentations

1. Sadness, Suicidality and Grades

   Presenter: Jeff DeSimone (University of Texas at Arlington & NBER)

   Discussant: Jason Fletcher (Yale University)

2. The Long Run Health Returns to College Quality

   Presenter: David Frisvold (Emory University)

   Discussant: Dhaval Dave (Bentley College & NBER)

3. Early Health Disparities and Academic Achievement

   Presenter: Pinka Chatterji (University at Albany)

   Discussant: Mary Schroeder (Emory University)