Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51694 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5781
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A number of studies have shown that childhood speech impairments such as stuttering are associated with lower test scores and educational attainment. However, it is unclear whether this result is causal in nature or whether it can be explained by difficult-to-measure heterogeneity at the community, family, or individual level. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and ordinary least squares, we show that stuttering is negatively associated with high school grades, the probability of high school graduation, and the probability of college attendance. However, empirical specifications with family fixed effects or controls for learning disabilities such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder suggest that these associations can, in large part, be explained by difficult-to-measure heterogeneity.
Subjects: 
speech impairment
stuttering
human capital
educational attainment
JEL: 
I1
I2
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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