Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236424 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14393
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study evaluates the impact of depression treatment on economic behavior in Karnataka, India. We cross-randomized pharmacotherapy and livelihoods assistance among 1000 depressed adults and evaluated impacts on depression severity, socioeconomic outcomes, and several potential pathways over 26 months. The pharmacotherapy treatments reduce depression severity, with benefits that persist after treatment concludes. They substantially increase child human capital investment, particularly for older children, and reduce risk intolerance and the incidence of negative shocks. These findings suggest two pathways through which depression may perpetuate poverty.
Subjects: 
depression
health
poverty
JEL: 
I15
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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