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The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times (Inglés)

When it comes to mental health, do social protection programs matter more in times of crisis? Using panel data from the Philippines around the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study compares depression rates among beneficiaries of an existing conditional cash transfer program to those of non-beneficiaries of similar socioeconomic status. Depression rates were almost identical for the two groups in late 2019, but significantly lower for conditional...
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  • 2024/01/16

  • Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas

  • WPS10669

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  • Filipinas,

  • Asia oriental y el Pacífico,

  • 2024/01/16

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  • The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times

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