Early life circumstance and adult mental health

We show that psychological well-being in adulthood varies with circumstance in early life. Combining a time series of real producer prices of cocoa with a nationally representative household survey in Ghana, we find that a one standard deviation rise in the cocoa price in early life decreases the li...

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Main Authors: Adhvaryu, A. (Author), Fenske, J. (Author), Nyshadham, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2019
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