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Peer gender and men...
Peer gender and mental health
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- Getik, Demid (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Centrum för ekonomisk demografi,Ekonomihögskolan,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Centre for Economic Demography,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Department of Economics,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM
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- Meier, Armando N. (författare)
- University of Lausanne
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(creator_code:org_t)
- Elsevier BV, 2022
- 2022
- Engelska 17 s.
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Ingår i: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - : Elsevier BV. - 0167-2681. ; 197, s. 643-659
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Abstract
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- Adolescent mental health is key for later well-being. Yet, causal evidence on environmental drivers of adolescent mental health is scant. We study how an important classroom feature—the gender composition in compulsory-school—affects mental health. We use Swedish administrative data (N = 576,285) to link variation in gender composition across classrooms within cohorts to mental health. We find that a higher share of female peers in a classroom increases the incidence of mental health diagnoses, particularly among boys. The effect persists into adulthood. Peer composition is thus an important and persistent driver of mental health.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Gender
- Mental health
- Peer effects
- School
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- art (ämneskategori)
- ref (ämneskategori)
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