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1.	Dasgupta, Kabir
1.	Essays on Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes of Children and Youth Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, Temple University, 2016 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Home Environment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Parental Influences; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Self-Esteem Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Chapter 3 utilizes matched data from National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY79) and Children and Young Adults (NLSY79 CYA), to estimate the impact of mothers' self-esteem on young children's home environment qualities that enhance early childhood cognitive functioning and extend better emotional support. The estimates suggest that mothers with higher self-esteem provide better home environment to their children during early stages of childhood. The results are robust across different estimation methods, empirical specifications, and demographic groups. This study also finds that mothers with higher self-esteem are more likely to engage in parental practices that support young children's cognitive and emotional development. Further analysis shows that mothers' self-esteem has a causal relationship with cognitive and behavioral outcomes of school-age children. The results obtained in this study indicate that early childhood development policies directed towards enhancement of non-cognitive skills in mothers can improve children's human capital outcomes.
	Bibliography Citation Dasgupta, Kabir. Essays on Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes of Children and Youth. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, Temple University, 2016.

2.	Dasgupta, Kabir Ghimire, Keshar M. Pacheco, Gail
2.	How Heavy Is the Price of Smoking? Estimating the Effects of Prenatal Smoking on Child Weight Outcomes Applied Economics published online (27 February 2022): DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2041178. Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2022.2041178 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Mothers, Behavior; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Existing evidence suggests that maternal smoking during pregnancy leads to a decline in birthweight and a higher risk of obesity during early childhood years. However, the causal nature of the latter relationship is not credibly established. This study advances the literature by estimating the causal impact of mother's smoking during pregnancy on child bodyweight outcomes, from birth through age five. We use a nationally representative sample of children and mothers from the United States National Longitudinal Surveys. We model children's body weight as a function of mother's smoking during pregnancy. Our identification technique utilizes the instrumental variable strategy to exploit plausibly exogenous variation in smoking behaviour of mothers prompted by changes in federal and state-level tobacco tax rates at the time of conception. Consistent with prior literature, our instrumental variable estimates suggest children of smokers weigh significantly less at birth than children of nonsmokers (an estimated decline of 0.53 kg). However, there is no credible evidence that these children are more likely to be overweight during early childhood.
	Bibliography Citation Dasgupta, Kabir, Keshar M. Ghimire and Gail Pacheco. "How Heavy Is the Price of Smoking? Estimating the Effects of Prenatal Smoking on Child Weight Outcomes." Applied Economics published online (27 February 2022): DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2041178.

3.	Dasgupta, Kabir Solomon, Keisha T.
3.	Family Size Effects on Childhood Obesity: Evidence on the Quantity-Quality Trade-off Using the NLSY Economics and Human Biology 29 (May 2018): 42-55. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X17301077 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Child Health; Family Size; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Modeling, Instrumental Variables; Obesity; Parental Influences; Siblings In this study, we use matched mother-child data from the National Longitudinal Surveys to study the effects of family size on child health. Focusing on excess body weight indicators as children's health outcome of interest, we examine the effects of exogenous variations in family size generated by twin births and parental preference for mixed sex composition of their children. We find no significant empirical support in favor of the quantity-quality trade-off theory in instrumental variable regression analysis. This result is further substantiated when we make use of the panel aspects of the data to study child health outcomes of arrival of younger siblings at later parities. Specifically, when we employ child fixed effects analysis, results suggest that birth of a younger sibling is related to a decline in the likelihood of being overweight by 4 percentage points and a drop in the probability of illness by approximately 5 percentage points.
	Bibliography Citation Dasgupta, Kabir and Keisha T. Solomon. "Family Size Effects on Childhood Obesity: Evidence on the Quantity-Quality Trade-off Using the NLSY." Economics and Human Biology 29 (May 2018): 42-55.

4.	Solomon, Keisha T. Dasgupta, Kabir
4.	State Mental Health Insurance Parity Laws and College Educational Outcomes Journal of Health Economics published online (27 August 2022): 102675. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016762962200090X Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): College Dropouts; College Education; Geocoded Data; Health, Mental/Psychological; Human Capital; Insurance, Health; State-Level Data/Policy We examine the effect of the state-level full parity mental illness law implementation on mental illness among college-aged individuals and human capital accumulation in college. We utilize administrative data on completed suicides and grade point average and survey data on reported mental illness days and decisions to disenroll from college between 1998 and 2008 in a difference-in-differences (DD) analysis to uncover the causal effects of state-level parity laws. We find that state-level parity law reduces youth suicide rate and propensity to report any poor mental health day, increases college GPA, and does not change the propensity to disenroll from college.
	Bibliography Citation Solomon, Keisha T. and Kabir Dasgupta. "State Mental Health Insurance Parity Laws and College Educational Outcomes." Journal of Health Economics published online (27 August 2022): 102675.

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