Does maternal depression undermine childhood cognitive development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru - Bendini M, Dinarte L.

This paper studies the effect of maternal depression on early childhood cognition in Peru, where rates of depression are around 50%. By using an instrumental variables approach, this study exploits variation in the exogeneity of the exposure to shocks duri...
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