Wednesday, Oct 12th, at 12pm, Room 05, Building U4
DETERMINANTS OF SOCIO-EMOTIONAL HEALTH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: EVIDENCE FROM AN RCT TREATING MATERNAL DEPRESSION
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The DEMS Economics Seminar series is proud to host
Pietro Biroli
(Dipartimento di Economa, Università di Bologna)
Abstract: Using longitudinal data from a cluster-randomized intervention in which rural Pakistani mothers suffering perinatal depression received cognitive behavioural therapy, we find that treatment improves the socio-emotional health of children from birth up to age three. Estimates of a structural model of skills formation based on dynamic latent factors indicate that the mechanism driving this result is an increase in the self-productivity of children’s health.
(with V. Baranov, S. Bhalotra, J. Maselko, D. Sevim, M. Wiswall)
The seminar will be in person: Room 5 of Building U4
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