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Under the Weather : Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall
Maccini, Sharon - 2010
How sensitive is long-run individual well-being to environmental conditions early in life? This paper examines the effect of weather conditions around the time of birth on the health, education, and socioeconomic outcomes of Indonesian adults born between 1953 and 1974. We link historical...
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The Effects of Childhood Adhd on Adult Labor Market Outcomes
Fletcher, Jason M. - 2013
While several types of mental illness, including substance abuse disorders, have been linked with poor labor market outcomes, no current research has been able to examine the effects of childhood ADHD. As ADHD has become one of the most prevalent childhood mental conditions, it is useful to...
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Economic Conditions and Children's Mental Health
Golberstein, Ezra - 2016
common and consequential health issues for children and adolescents. We examine the effects of unemployment rates and housing …
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Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession : The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Non-Participation
Kroft, Kory - 2014
sharp increase in the incidence of long-term unemployment (LTU) during the Great Recession. We first show that compositional … shifts in demographics, occupation, industry, region, and the reason for unemployment jointly account for very little of the … model that allows for duration dependence in the exit rate from unemployment and for transitions between employment (E …
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Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital : Evidence from Ghana
Barker, Nathan; Bryan, Gharad; Karlan, Dean; … - 2023
We study the impact of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for individuals selected from the general population of poor households in rural Ghana. Results from 2-3 months after a randomized intervention show strong impacts on mental and physical health, cognitive and socioemotional skills, and...
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Work Expectations, Realizations, and Depression in Older Workers
Falba, Tracy - 2008
We explore the impact on depressive symptoms of deviation in actual labor force behavior at age 62 from earlier expectations. Our sample of 4,241 observations is drawn from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We examine workers who were less than 62 years of age at the 1992 HRS baseline, and...
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Joblessness and Perceptions About the Effectiveness of Democracy
Altindag, Duha T. - 2010
individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that … system of governance are also shaped by the unemployment rate in countries with low levels of democracy. The results suggest … that periods of high unemployment and joblessness could hinder the development of democracy or threaten its existence …
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The Effect of Depression on Labor Market Outcomes
Peng, Lizhong - 2013
We estimated the effect of depression on labor market outcomes using data from the 2004-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. After accounting for the endogeneity of depression through a correlated random effects panel data specification, we found that depression reduces the likelihood of...
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Long-Run Effects of Lottery Wealth on Psychological Well-Being
Lindqvist, Erik - 2020
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution on Mental Health Outcomes
Agrawal, Virat; Cantor, Jonathan; Sood, Neeraj; Whaley, … - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a “second pandemic” of anxiety and depression. While vaccines are primarily aimed at reducing COVID-19 transmission and mortality risks, they may have important secondary benefits. We use data from U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey merged to...
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