Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/270577 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CINCH Series No. 2018/05
Publisher: 
University of Duisburg-Essen, CINCH - Health Economics Research Center, Essen
Abstract: 
We study the effect of early life exposure to above average levels of rainfall on adult mental health. While we find no effect from pre-natal exposure, post-natal positive rainfall shocks decrease average Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CESD) mental health scores by 15 percent and increase the likelihood of depression by 5 percent, a more than 20 percent increase relative to the mean. These effects are limited to females. We rule out prenatal stress and income shocks as pathways and find evidence suggestive of increased exposure to disease.
Subjects: 
Fetal origins
early life shocks
rainfall
mental health
climate change
Indonesia
JEL: 
I15
O12
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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