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SUMMARY:phd seminar - Anushka Chawla*\, Daniela Horta Sáenz**
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DESCRIPTION:*A growing body of research focuses on family members\, neighbo
 urs\, peers\, and the larger community as important sources of health infor
 mation for young women. However\, in traditional societies like those in ru
 ral India\, women have limited agency over their own health and decision ma
 king due to restrictive social norms often imposed by family members such a
 s the mother-in-law. In addition\, lack of decision-making power in the hou
 sehold leads to high costs of bargaining for women. We have recently launch
 ed a field experiment in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to expl
 ore the role of intergenerational bargaining and communication within the h
 ousehold in order to improve the access of young married women in rural Ind
 ia to maternal health services. Our preliminary baseline data suggest that
  young women are unsure about good reproductive health practices and rely h
 eavily on their mothers or mothers-in-law\, who in turn rely on traditional
  knowledge. With this in mind\, we will randomize whether health informatio
 n is given to daughters-in-law\, or both daughter-in-law and mothers-in-law
 . Further to understand the role of the community in upholding traditional 
 practices\, we will cross-randomize whether the treatment of giving inform
 ation to households is made common knowledge or not.**We study the effect o
 f highlighting negative Covid-related topics on cognitive ability under dif
 ferent incentives in a population of French university students. In an onli
 ne survey in the midst of the pandemic\, we confronted participants with an
  article about the labor market or mental health consequences of the pandem
 ic or one of two control articles and a series of reflective questions abou
 t their own situation. Afterwards\, in a cognitive performance task\, half 
 of the participants received a payout that increases linearly with their pe
 rformance. For the other half\, the payment was only received when a thresh
 old was passed and then increased linearly. The Covid-related topics made p
 articipants feel worse and more nervous than the control topics. Yet\, we f
 ind that there is no average effect on cognitive performance with linear in
 centives. Coefficients are negative but not significant on average\, only t
 he mental health topic has a weak negative effect for some subgroups. Howev
 er\, in the threshold payment scheme\, we find that the labor market topic 
 increases performance overall. On the other hand\, the mental health topic 
 discourages students with a low baseline ability and encourages those with 
 a medium baseline ability. Our results highlight the importance of the inte
 raction between the type of stress and incentives\, as well as baseline cog
 nitive ability. \\n\\nContact: Kenza Elass: kenza.elass[at]univ-amu.frCami
 lle Hainnaux: camille.hainnaux[at]univ-amu.frDaniela Horta Saenz: daniela.h
 orta-saenz[at]univ-amu.frJade Ponsard: jade.ponsard[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus 
 d'informations: https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/events/anushka-chawla-danie
 la-horta-s%C3%A1enz-0
LOCATION:MEGA - Salle Carine Nourry\, 424\, Chemin du Viaduc\, 13080 Aix-en
 -Provence
URL;VALUE=URI:https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/events/anushka-chawla-daniela-horta-s%C3%A1enz-0
CONTACT:Kenza Elass: kenza.elass[at]univ-amu.frCamille Hainnaux: camille.ha
 innaux[at]univ-amu.frDaniela Horta Saenz: daniela.horta-saenz[at]univ-amu.f
 rJade Ponsard: jade.ponsard[at]univ-amu.fr
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