Myopic Misery: Maternal Depression, Child Investments, and the Neurobiological Poverty Trap

Strulik, Holger

doi:10.1017/s1365100516001243

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“…A persistent lack of income or financial assets to meet basic needs can exhaust one's cognitive ability to make efficient economic decisions (Mani et al., ; Gennetian & Shafir, ). This fosters psychological adaptive behavior, such as myopia in savings and investment (Strulik, ), risk aversion and depression (Haushofer & Fehr, ), and diminished aspirations for educational or professional achievement (Dalton, Ghosal, & Mani, ), which can then secondarily affect the attitudes and outcomes of members within a given household, including children (Dercon & Singh, ). These adaptive responses to economic stress can trigger long‐term poverty and inequality (Genicot & Ray, ; Gennetian & Shafir, ).…”

Section: Situating Savings Within a Behavioral Economics Contextmentioning

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Effects of Financial Incentives on Saving Outcomes and Material Well‐Being: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda

Wang¹,

Ssewamala²,

Neilands³

et al. 2018

J Policy Anal Manage

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The use of savings products to promote financial inclusion has increasingly become a policy priority across sub-Saharan Africa, yet little is known about how families respond to varying levels of savings incentives and whether the promotion of incentivized savings in low-resource settings may encourage households to restrict expenditures on basic needs. Using data from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda, we examine: 1) whether low-income households enrolled in an economic-empowerment intervention consisting of matched savings, workshops, and mentorship reduced spending on basic needs and 2) how varied levels of matching contributions affected household savings and consumption behavior. We compared primary school-attending AIDS-affected children (N = 1,383) randomized to a control condition with two intervention arms with differing savings-match incentives: 1:1 (Bridges) and 1:2 (Bridges PLUS). We found that: 1) 24 months post-intervention initiation, children in Bridges and Bridges PLUS were more likely to have accumulated savings than children in the control condition; 2) higher match incentives (Bridges PLUS) led to higher deposit frequency but not higher savings in the bank; 3) intervention participation did not result in material hardship; and 4) in both intervention arms, participating families were more likely to start a family business and diversify their assets.

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Section: Situating Savings Within a Behavioral Economics Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Financial Incentives on Saving Outcomes and Material Well‐Being: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda

Wang¹,

Ssewamala²,

Neilands³

et al. 2018

J Policy Anal Manage

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An Economic Theory of Depression and its Impact on Health Behavior and Longevity

Strulik

2018

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“Ashamed, Silent and Stuck in a System”—Applying a Structural Violence Lens to Midwives’ Stories on Social Disadvantage in Pregnancy

Neely

Raven²,

Dixon³

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Historical and enduring maternal health inequities and injustices continue to grow in Aotearoa New Zealand, despite attempts to address the problem. Pregnancy increases vulnerability to poverty through a variety of mechanisms. This project qualitatively analysed an open survey response from midwives about their experiences of providing maternity care to women living with social disadvantage. We used a structural violence lens to examine the effects of social disadvantage on pregnant women. The analysis of midwives’ narratives exposed three mechanisms by which women were exposed to structural violence, these included structural disempowerment, inequitable risk and the neoliberal system. Women were structurally disempowered through reduced access to agency, lack of opportunities and inadequate meeting of basic human needs. Disadvantage exacerbated risks inequitably by increasing barriers to care, exacerbating the impact of adverse life circumstances and causing chronic stress. Lastly, the neoliberal system emphasised individual responsibility that perpetuated inequities. Despite the stated aim of equitable access to health care for all in policy documents, the current system and social structure continues to perpetuate systemic disadvantage.

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Myopic Misery: Maternal Depression, Child Investments, and the Neurobiological Poverty Trap

Cited by 3 publications

References 49 publications

Effects of Financial Incentives on Saving Outcomes and Material Well‐Being: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda

Effects of Financial Incentives on Saving Outcomes and Material Well‐Being: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda

An Economic Theory of Depression and its Impact on Health Behavior and Longevity

“Ashamed, Silent and Stuck in a System”—Applying a Structural Violence Lens to Midwives’ Stories on Social Disadvantage in Pregnancy

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