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Improving Mental Health of Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Causal Evidence from Life Skills Programming

View ORCID ProfileManisha Shah, View ORCID ProfileSarah Baird, View ORCID ProfileJennifer Seager, Benjamin Avuwadah, View ORCID ProfileJoan Hamory, Shwetlena Sabarwal and Amita Vyas
Journal of Human Resources, April 2024, 59 (S) S317-S364; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12707R2
Manisha Shah
Manisha Shah is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research .
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Sarah Baird is Professor of Global Health and Economics in the Department of Global Health at George Washington University.
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Jennifer Seager is an Associate Professor of Global Health and Economics in the Department of Global Health at George Washington University.
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Benjamin Avuwadah is a Post-Doctoral Scientist in the Department of Global Health at George Washington University.
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Joan Hamory is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma.
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vol. 59 no. S S317-S364
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12707R2
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received December 1, 2022
  • Accepted August 1, 2023
  • Published online April 10, 2024.

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  1. Manisha Shah
  1. Manisha Shah is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (manishashah{at}berkeley.edu).
  1. Sarah Baird
  1. Sarah Baird is Professor of Global Health and Economics in the Department of Global Health at George Washington University.
  1. Jennifer Seager
  1. Jennifer Seager is an Associate Professor of Global Health and Economics in the Department of Global Health at George Washington University.
  1. Benjamin Avuwadah
  1. Benjamin Avuwadah is a Post-Doctoral Scientist in the Department of Global Health at George Washington University.
  1. Joan Hamory
  1. Joan Hamory is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma.
  1. Shwetlena Sabarwal
  1. Shwetlena Sabarwal is a Senior Economist at the Education Global Practice of The World Bank.
  1. Amita Vyas
  1. Amita Vyas is an Associate Professor at George Washington University.
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