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Mental Health and Education Decisions: CEE DP 136

Although poor mental health has often been correlated with poor educational attainment and/or dropping out of education, there have been few longitudinal studies on this subject. In this paper, we investigate this issue using a recent longitudinal study of young people in England. England is a very interesting country to under- take such an investigation because both poor mental health and a high drop-out rate of young people are known to be important by international standards. | CEE DP 136 Mental Health and Education Decisions Francesca Cornaglia Elena Crivellaro Sandra McNally February 2012 Published by Centre for the Economics of Education London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE F. Cornaglia E. Crivellaro and S. McNally submitted February 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of the publisher nor be issued to the public or circulated in any form other than that in which it is published. Requests for permission to reproduce any article or part of the Working Paper should be sent to the editor at the above address. The Centre for the Economics of Education is an independent multidisciplinary research centre. All errors and omissions remain the authors. Executive summary Although poor mental health has often been correlated with poor educational attainment and or dropping out of education there have been few longitudinal studies on this subject. In this paper we investigate this issue using a recent longitudinal study of young people in England. England is a very interesting country to undertake such an investigation because both poor mental health and a high drop-out rate of young people are known to be important by international standards. The Longitudinal Study of Young People in England allows us to measure mental health at age 14 15 and again at age 16 17. This is measured using the General Health Questionnaire GHQ12 which is a screening instrument used to detect the presence of symptoms of mental illness and depression in particular. We associate poor mental health with examination performance in GCSE exams at age 16 and with the probability of being observed as being not in education employment or training at age 17 18. Detailed specifications suggest that poor mental health i.e. being above a threshold considered as at risk according to the GHQ is associated with lower .