Congratulations to @bennett_econ and @M_Angeluc on publishing their new AER paper; "The Economic Impact of Depression Treatment in India: Evidence from Community-Based Provision of Pharmacotherapy"
https://t.co/anNAXPYSFG
Forthcoming in the AER: "The Economic Impact of Depression Treatment in India: Evidence from Community-Based Provision of Pharmacotherapy" by Manuela Angelucci and Daniel Bennett. https://t.co/GkxwcUDM4u
Depression, which affects ~5% of the world's population, can hinder productivity. What are the economic implications of treating depression? Researchers @M_Angeluc & @bennett_econ, supported by J-PAL's #UrbanServicesInitiative, explored this in India 🇮🇳: https://t.co/peXhJXKJk0
Depression affects 5% of the world and can affect productivity. How might treating depression impact economic behavior? Funded by J-PAL’s #UrbanServicesInitiative, J-PAL affiliate @M_Angeluc and coauthor @bennett_econ looked into it in India 🇮🇳: https://t.co/peXhJXKJk0
Just submitted a review for a journal. Resisted the impulse to suggest to the editor they ask themselves "if this study was about the US would you accept it?" with the implicit answer yes they would. Probably would just annoy them. But do wish more editors asked themselves this.
This is precisely in line with what my WP says! In my paper, I showed (with an RCT) that female college graduates do not update their prior beliefs enough during the job search and end up in usual female-dominated sectors, missing great opportunities in other sectors.
Feb 2, 5PM PT | @USC_Econ@bennett_econ examines how #depression contributes to intergenerational #poverty and discusses his recent study of the socioeconomic impacts of depression treatment among underprivileged adults in #Karnataka, India.
Join us ⤵️ https://t.co/GnrKpt0M5d
@ElaineLiuEcon Xiongfei Li is a job market candidate from USC who wrote his dissertation on this. https://t.co/oTSwkDp6ET. ChatGPT knows all the best papers. 🙃
Feb 2, 5PM PT | @USC_Econ@bennett_econ examines how #depression contributes to intergenerational #poverty and discusses his recent study of the socioeconomic impacts of depression treatment among underprivileged adults in Karnataka, India.
Register ⤵️ https://t.co/GnrKpt0M5d
I kind of love this: “You see, we can’t return the artifacts you (cough, the Ottomans, cough) gave us because we can only LEND.”
https://t.co/tRcR8gYkzE
@bennett_econ@M_Angeluc The role that mental depression plays in limiting a person's ability to adapt to a new challenge is an important issue with key implications for the distributional effects of shocks. Climate economists should think about the implications for our work.