Session 105:
Investments in Children: Implications for Well-Being
Discussant: Tia Palermo, Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY)
Chair: Rachel Kidman, Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY)
Can Economic Assets Increase Girls’ Risk of Sexual Harassment? Evaluation Results from a Social, Health, and Economic Asset-Building Intervention for Vulnerable Adolescent Girls in Uganda • Karen Austrian, Population Council Kenya ; Eunice N. Muthengi, Population Council Kenya
Redistribution for Human Development: Welfare Gains at the Cost of Welfare Loss? • Nafisa Halim, Boston University
Parental Spending on Children and Children’s Social-Emotional Development • Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, National University of Singapore ; Lingxin Hao, Johns Hopkins University
Maternal Education and Parental Investments: A Child Health Perspective • Kate C. Prickett, University of Texas at Austin ; Jennifer M. Augustine, University of Houston
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