Early Life Exposure to Above Average Rainfall and Adult Mental Health*-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Early Life Exposure to Above Average Rainfall and Adult Mental Health*

Published:2023-04-04 Issue:4 Volume:85 Page:692-717
ISSN:0305-9049
Container-title:Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
language:en
Short-container-title:Oxf Bull Econ Stat

Author:

Pasha Mochamad¹,Rockmore Marc²,Tan Chih Ming³,Thamarapani Dhanushka⁴

Affiliation:

1. World Bank South Jakarta Indonesia

2. US Federal Government 441 G St. Washington DC 20548 USA

3. Department of Economics & Finance University of North Dakota 3125 University Ave. Stop 8369 Grand Forks North Dakota 58202 USA

4. Department of Economics California State University Chico, 400 West First Street Chico California 95929 USA

Abstract

AbstractWe study the effects of early life exposure to above average levels of rainfall on adult mental health. While we find no effect from prenatal exposure, postnatal positive rainfall shocks decrease average Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CESD) mental health scores by 13% and increase the likelihood of depression by 6%, a more than 26% increase relative to the mean. These effects are limited to females. We rule out prenatal stress and income shocks as pathways. Early life exposure to infectious diseases appears to play a limited role but further research is required.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,Economics and Econometrics,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Statistics and Probability

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/obes.12548

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