Income Shocks and Adolescent Mental Health

Autor/inn/en	Baird, Sarah; de Hoop, Jacobus; Ozler, Berk
Titel	Income Shocks and Adolescent Mental Health
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 48 (2013) 2, S.370-403 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mental Health; Females; Adolescents; Economic Factors; Attendance Patterns; Physical Health; Leisure Time; Psychological Patterns; Mental Disorders; Stress Management; Poverty; Screening Tests; At Risk Persons; Questionnaires; Outcomes of Treatment; Individual Characteristics; Family Structure; Family Influence; Environmental Influences; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Regression (Statistics); Malawi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychohygiene; Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ökonomischer Faktor; Gesundheitszustand; Freizeit; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Armut; Screening-Verfahren; Risikogruppe; Fragebogen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	We investigate the effects of a positive income shock on mental health among adolescent girls using evidence from a cash transfer experiment in Malawi. Offers of cash transfers strongly reduced psychological distress among baseline schoolgirls. However, these large beneficial effects declined with increases in the transfer amount offered to the parents conditional on regular school attendance by the adolescent girls. Improved physical health, increased school attendance, personal consumption, and leisure contributed to the effects. There was also strong evidence of increased psychological distress among untreated baseline schoolgirls in treatment areas. All of these effects dissipated soon after the program ended. (Contains 30 footnotes, 9 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10