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Bokhari, Farasat 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5418-8078 and Schneider, Helen
(2011)
School accountability laws and consumption of psychostimulants.
Journal of Health Economics, 30 (2).
pp. 355-372.
ISSN 1879-1646
Abstract
Over the past decade, several states introduced varying degrees of accountability systems for schools, which became federal law with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The intent of these accountability laws was to improve academic performance and to make school quality more observable. Nonetheless, schools have reacted to these pressures in several different ways, some of which were not intended. We make use of the variation across states and over time in specific provisions of these accountability laws and find that accountability pressures effect medical diagnoses and subsequent treatment options of school aged children. Specifically, children in states with more stringent accountability laws are more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and consequently prescribed psychostimulant drugs for controlling the symptoms. However, conditional on diagnosis, accountability laws do not further change the probability of receiving medication therapy.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Industrial Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy |
| Depositing User: | Julie Frith |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2013 16:19 |
| Last Modified: | 15 May 2023 00:04 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40802 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.01.007 |
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