TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hinke, Stephanie von
AU  - Rice, Nigel
AU  - Tominey, Emma
        TI  - Mental Health around Pregnancy and Child Development from Early Childhood to Adolescence
        PY  - 2019/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12544
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12544
        AB  - We identify the causal effect of mothers' mental health during early - and soon after pregnancy on a range of child psychological, socio-emotional and cognitive outcomes measured between ages 4-16. Results suggest a negative effect on children's psychological and socio-emotional skills in early childhood, but these effects fade-out between the ages of 11-13. We find no significant effect on cognitive outcomes. The fade-out of effects may be partly explained by compensatory behaviour of parents, as we find that mental health during or soon after pregnancy raises breastfeeding and improves measures of interaction between mother and child.
        KW  - child cognitive outcomes
KW  - child socio-emotional outcomes
KW  - child psychological outcomes
KW  - prenatal psychological health
KW  - ALSPAC
        ER  -