This paper studies how in utero exposure to maternal stress from family ruptures affects later mental health. We find that prenatal exposure to the death of a maternal relative increases take-up of...
For forty years, the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male passively monitored hundreds of adult black males with syphilis despite the availability of effective treatment. The study'...
Marcella Alsan, Anlu Xing, Paul H. Wise, Gary L. Darmstadt, Eran Bendavid
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BackgroundAchieving gender equality in education is an important development goal. We tested the hypothesis that the gender gap in adolescent education is accentuated by illnesses among young...
The new United States administration’s first budget proposal, previewed in March and released in May, 2017, includes deep cuts to foreign aid, cycling this thorny issue back into the American...
Kathryn M. McDonald, George Su, Sarah Lisker, Emily S. Patterson, Urmimala Sarkar
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BackgroundMissed evidence-based monitoring in high-risk conditions (e.g., cancer) leads to delayed diagnosis. Current technological solutions fail to close this safety gap. In response, we aim to...
Manoj Mohanan, Soledad Giardili, Veena Das, Tracy L. Rabin, Sunil S. Raj, Jeremy I. Schwartz, Aparna Seth, Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, Grant Miller, Marcos Vera-Hernández
