Fetal Origins of Mental Health: Evidence from Africa

Achyuta Adhvaryu, James Fenske, Namrata Kala and Anant Nyshadham

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024, vol. 72, issue 2, 493 - 515

Abstract: Mental health disorders represent a substantial portion of the global disease burden, and the treatment gap is higher in developing countries. Accounting for location and year-of-birth fixed effects and using data on 19 African countries, we find temperature shocks in utero increase depressive symptoms in adulthood. Effects are present for several depressive symptoms and are greatest in younger cohorts.

Date: 2024
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