How do childhood ADHD symptoms affect labour market outcomes?
利用英国队列研究数据，首次考察10岁时ADHD症状与26至46岁劳动力市场结果的关系，发现症状每增加一个标准差，就业率降低最多2个百分点，收入降低最多4个百分点，其中10岁时的学业表现解释了近一半的就业差异。
Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity are the main symptoms of ADHD, which affects up to one in ten European and North American children. Existing research shows these symptoms are associated with school exclusion and poor academic performance during childhood and adolescence. Using the British Cohort Study (n = 17,196 people born in April 1970), this is the first study of relationships between ADHD symptoms measured during childhood (age 10) and labour market outcomes measured beyond early adulthood (ages 26-46); and the first to explore the role of childhood circumstances (at birth) and academic performance (ages 10 and 26) in explaining those relationships. A one standard deviation increase in childhood symptoms reduced employment by up to two percentage points and pay by up to four percentage points. Differences in academic performance at age 10 accounted for almost half the observed variation in employment outcomes, indicating a possible role for educational interventions in schools.