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Income Shocks and Adolescent Mental Health

In this paper, the authors investigate the effect of positive income shocks on the mental health of adolescent girls using experimental evidence from a cash transfer program in Malawi. They find that the provision of monthly cash transfers had a st...

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Main Authors: Baird, Sarah, de Hoop, Jacobus, Ozler, Berk
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABORTION
ABUSE
ADHD
ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
ADOLESCENT WOMEN
ADOLESCENTS
AGED
AIDS EPIDEMIC
ANEMIA
ANXIETY
ANXIETY DISORDERS
BULLETIN
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CHILD HEALTH
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
COHORT STUDY
COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
DEPRESSION
DEPRESSION SCALE
DEPRESSIVE
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIAGNOSES
DIAGNOSIS
DISABILITY
DISEASE
DROPOUT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMOTIONS
EPIDEMIC
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FEMALE ADOLESCENTS
FEMALES
FERTILITY
GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTS
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH STATUS
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFANTS
INTERVENTION
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIFE EVENTS
LIVING STANDARDS
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
MEDICINE
MENTAL
MENTAL DISORDERS
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS
MENTAL HEALTH INDICATORS
MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
MENTAL HEALTH STATUS
MIGRATION
MOOD
MORBIDITY
MOTHER
NUMBER OF GIRLS
NUTRITION
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
PEDIATRICS
PERSONALITY
PHYSICAL HEALTH
PHYSICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
PREVALENCE
PRIMARY CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY OF LIFE
RATES OF GROWTH
RESPECT
RISK FACTORS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOL YEARS
SCREENING
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SEX
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SEXUAL HEALTH
SEXUALLY ACTIVE
SIBLINGS
SLEEP
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
SOCIAL PHOBIA
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SPILLOVER
SUBSISTENCE FARMING
SYMPTOMS
TREATMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
VIOLENCE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
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Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110428092412
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3407

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110428092412
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3407

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