Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru

Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru

This paper studies the effect of maternal depression on early childhood cognition in Peru. The identification strategy exploits variation in exposure to exogenous shocks during early life to instrument for maternal depression. The results suggest t...

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Main Authors: Bendini, Magdalena, Dinarte, Lelys
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD VOCABULARY
MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
MATERNAL DEPRESSION
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177701606225588260/Does-Maternal-Depression-Undermine-Childhood-Cognitive-Development-Evidence-from-the-Young-Lives-Survey-in-Peru
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spelling okr-10986-348342022-09-20T00:12:03Z Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru Bendini, Magdalena Dinarte, Lelys CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CHILD VOCABULARY MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH MATERNAL DEPRESSION COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT This paper studies the effect of maternal depression on early childhood cognition in Peru. The identification strategy exploits variation in exposure to exogenous shocks during early life to instrument for maternal depression. The results suggest that maternal depression is detrimental to the child's vocabulary at age five. Although the effects fade out by age eight, early vocabulary gaps can undermine other development outcomes. The effects do not vary by maternal education, but they are significant only for children living in disadvantaged households. The presence of a partner worsens the effect of maternal depression on vocabulary development, and this effect is driven by households with partners who drink heavily. 2020-11-30T20:54:48Z 2020-11-30T20:54:48Z 2020-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177701606225588260/Does-Maternal-Depression-Undermine-Childhood-Cognitive-Development-Evidence-from-the-Young-Lives-Survey-in-Peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34834 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9479 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Peru
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topic CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD VOCABULARY
MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
MATERNAL DEPRESSION
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD VOCABULARY
MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
MATERNAL DEPRESSION
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Bendini, Magdalena
Dinarte, Lelys
Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Peru
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9479
description This paper studies the effect of maternal depression on early childhood cognition in Peru. The identification strategy exploits variation in exposure to exogenous shocks during early life to instrument for maternal depression. The results suggest that maternal depression is detrimental to the child's vocabulary at age five. Although the effects fade out by age eight, early vocabulary gaps can undermine other development outcomes. The effects do not vary by maternal education, but they are significant only for children living in disadvantaged households. The presence of a partner worsens the effect of maternal depression on vocabulary development, and this effect is driven by households with partners who drink heavily.
format Working Paper
author Bendini, Magdalena
Dinarte, Lelys
author_facet Bendini, Magdalena
Dinarte, Lelys
author_sort Bendini, Magdalena
title Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru
title_short Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru
title_full Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru
title_fullStr Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru
title_full_unstemmed Does Maternal Depression Undermine Childhood Cognitive Development? Evidence from the Young Lives Survey in Peru
title_sort does maternal depression undermine childhood cognitive development? evidence from the young lives survey in peru
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/177701606225588260/Does-Maternal-Depression-Undermine-Childhood-Cognitive-Development-Evidence-from-the-Young-Lives-Survey-in-Peru
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34834
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