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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2009 Sep;12(3):119–138.
Outcome Sell Drugs Sell Drugs Sell Drugs Sell Drugs
Specification Baseline No Census data just exogenous Drop PVT/GPA
Inattentive ADHD 0.043* 0.056** 0.065*** 0.050**
(−0.001 – 0.087) (0.011 – 0.100) (0.022 – 0.108) (0.008 – 0.093)
Hyper ADHD 0.035 0.042* 0.035 0.028
(−0.013 – 0.083) (−0.004 – 0.088) (−0.010 – 0.081) (−0.018 – 0.075)
Combined ADHD 0.010 0.013 0.022 0.016
(−0.026 – 0.046) (−0.024 – 0.051) (−0.018 – 0.062) (−0.022 – 0.053)
Observations 12588 13085 14136 13581
Outcome Sell Drugs Sell Drugs Sell Drugs Sell Drugs
Specification Include Other Xs Drop Educ/Family Vars Lower ADHD Bar Drop Older Kids
Inattentive ADHD 0.048* 0.049** 0.021 0.043*
(−0.006 – 0.101) (0.007 – 0.091) (0.017) (−0.005 – 0.090)
Hyper ADHD 0.035 0.028 0.026 0.034
(−0.018 – 0.089) (−0.018 – 0.074) (0.016) (−0.015 – 0.083)
Combined ADHD 0.006 0.015 0.046** 0.009
(−0.031 – 0.043) (−0.023 – 0.052) (0.018) (−0.028 – 0.046)
Observations 9577 13590 12588 11913

Just Exogenous: We drop education attainment, indicator for currently in school, grade point average, PVT score, mother’s education attainment, family income, and family structure

Include other Xs: Welfare receipt, whether father ever jailed, and birth weight

Lower ADHD Threshold: Individuals must have 5 symptoms rather than 6.

Robust 95% confidence intervals in parentheses, +10%,

*

5%,

**

1%.

Longitudinal sample weights used.