Marta Favara
Biographic Data
| ID | 1713346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Favara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta |
| FAMILY NAME | Favara |
| SIGNATURE | FAVARA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5764-4654 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Factors associated with mental health among young adults
This study investigates contingent and longitudinal predictors of mental health in early adulthood, using unique, harmonized panel data from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, and Peru, spanning over two decades across diverse settings. It accounts for factors and events occurring during the most significant developmental stages, from infancy through childhood and adolescence. It focuses on self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression,…
Love thy neighbour? Violent armed conflict and trust
This study investigates the effects of exposure to violent conflict on trust among young adults in Ethiopia, using novel individual-level conflict data collected via audio computer-assisted self-interviewing. Overall, we find that greater exposure to violence decreases trust towards individuals living in the same neighbourhood but has no significant effect on generalized trust or trust in individuals from other neighbourhoods. The decline in loca…
When choice matters
This paper investigates the role of precommitment in making healthy food choices, using a lab-in-the-field experiment embedded in the Young Lives longitudinal study in Peru. Leveraging the fact that participants were scheduled for a blood test and would therefore require a snack afterwards, we elicited participants’ snack choice from a predefined set. Participants were asked whether they wished to pre-commit to their preferred snack choice (eithe…
The relationship of armed conflict with education and employment of youth in Ethiopia
This study analyzes the relationship between the 2020–2022 armed conflict in Northern Ethiopia and the education enrollment and employment status among young people. We use quantitative data from 140 young participants, aged 21–23 and 27-29, and their households, collected as part of a pilot study for the seventh round of the Young Lives study in Ethiopia. Our empirical strategy exploits the occurrence of battlefields and the number of conflict s…
Under pressure
We examine the association between job loss and mental health among young people in Vietnam using longitudinal data from the Young Lives survey. We exploit the timing of the first severe wave of COVID-19 which occurred between rounds of a phone survey, allowing comparison of pre- and post-wave job status and mental health for the same individuals. Using fixed effects regressions, our findings suggest that job loss is associated with increased lev…
Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood
A sound methodology
This paper investigates the impact of different survey administration methods on the disclosure of sensitive or traumatic experiences. Respondents of a pilot study in Ethiopia were randomly assigned to answer questions either using audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) or as part of a face-to-face (FtF) enumerator-based interview. Results indicate that ACASI led to higher disclosure rates of conflict-related experiences, particularly …
Long-term effects of early life rainfall shocks on foundational cognitive skills
Global warming is changing precipitation patterns, particularly harming communities in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Whilst the long-term effects of being exposed to rainfall shocks early in life on school-achievement tests are well-established, there is little population-based evidence from LMICs on the mechanisms through which these shocks operate. Executive functions (EFs) are key for children's learning abilities. This paper analys…
Children having children
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00148-023-00946-0
Does early nutrition predict cognitive skills during later childhood? Evidence from two developing countries
Young Lives, Interrupted
We examine the situation of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in four low- and middle-income countries using data from a large-scale phone survey conducted in 2020. The survey was part of Young Lives, a 20-year longitudinal study of two cohorts of young people born in 1994 and 2001 in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam. We focus on the Younger (19-year-old) Cohort, describing their experiences along multiple d…
The impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on physical domestic violence
We quantify the increase in physical domestic violence (family or intimate partner violence) experienced by young people aged 18-26 during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns in Peru. To do this we use an indirect methodology, the double list randomization experiment. The list experiment was embedded in a telephone survey to participants of the Young Lives study, a long-standing cohort survey. We find that 8.3% of the sample experienced an increase in ph…
The origins of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills
Covid-19 and the 'ethics of disruption
In this piece, we draw on recent experiences from the Young Lives study to discuss some of the ethical and practical challenges facing longitudinal cohort studies in low- and middle-income countries in the time of coronavirus. We argue that COVID-19 has instigated an 'ethics of disruption' for social researchers across the world, and for longitudinal cohort studies like Young Lives, this requires navigating three core considerations: first, manag…
Covid-19 and the 'ethics of disruption
In this piece, we draw on recent experiences from the Young Lives study to discuss some of the ethical and practical challenges facing longitudinal cohort studies in low- and middle-income countries in the time of coronavirus. We argue that COVID-19 has instigated an 'ethics of disruption' for social researchers across the world, and for longitudinal cohort studies like Young Lives, this requires navigating three core considerations: first, manag…
Children having children
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00148-023-00946-0
Does early nutrition predict cognitive skills during later childhood? Evidence from two developing countries
The impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on physical domestic violence
We quantify the increase in physical domestic violence (family or intimate partner violence) experienced by young people aged 18-26 during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns in Peru. To do this we use an indirect methodology, the double list randomization experiment. The list experiment was embedded in a telephone survey to participants of the Young Lives study, a long-standing cohort survey. We find that 8.3% of the sample experienced an increase in ph…
The origins of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills
Covid-19 and the 'ethics of disruption
In this piece, we draw on recent experiences from the Young Lives study to discuss some of the ethical and practical challenges facing longitudinal cohort studies in low- and middle-income countries in the time of coronavirus. We argue that COVID-19 has instigated an 'ethics of disruption' for social researchers across the world, and for longitudinal cohort studies like Young Lives, this requires navigating three core considerations: first, manag…
Young Lives, Interrupted
We examine the situation of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in four low- and middle-income countries using data from a large-scale phone survey conducted in 2020. The survey was part of Young Lives, a 20-year longitudinal study of two cohorts of young people born in 1994 and 2001 in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam. We focus on the Younger (19-year-old) Cohort, describing their experiences along multiple d…
Children having children
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00148-023-00946-0
Does early nutrition predict cognitive skills during later childhood? Evidence from two developing countries
Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood
A sound methodology
This paper investigates the impact of different survey administration methods on the disclosure of sensitive or traumatic experiences. Respondents of a pilot study in Ethiopia were randomly assigned to answer questions either using audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) or as part of a face-to-face (FtF) enumerator-based interview. Results indicate that ACASI led to higher disclosure rates of conflict-related experiences, particularly …
Long-term effects of early life rainfall shocks on foundational cognitive skills
Global warming is changing precipitation patterns, particularly harming communities in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Whilst the long-term effects of being exposed to rainfall shocks early in life on school-achievement tests are well-established, there is little population-based evidence from LMICs on the mechanisms through which these shocks operate. Executive functions (EFs) are key for children's learning abilities. This paper analys…
The relationship of armed conflict with education and employment of youth in Ethiopia
This study analyzes the relationship between the 2020–2022 armed conflict in Northern Ethiopia and the education enrollment and employment status among young people. We use quantitative data from 140 young participants, aged 21–23 and 27-29, and their households, collected as part of a pilot study for the seventh round of the Young Lives study in Ethiopia. Our empirical strategy exploits the occurrence of battlefields and the number of conflict s…
Under pressure
We examine the association between job loss and mental health among young people in Vietnam using longitudinal data from the Young Lives survey. We exploit the timing of the first severe wave of COVID-19 which occurred between rounds of a phone survey, allowing comparison of pre- and post-wave job status and mental health for the same individuals. Using fixed effects regressions, our findings suggest that job loss is associated with increased lev…
Factors associated with mental health among young adults
This study investigates contingent and longitudinal predictors of mental health in early adulthood, using unique, harmonized panel data from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, and Peru, spanning over two decades across diverse settings. It accounts for factors and events occurring during the most significant developmental stages, from infancy through childhood and adolescence. It focuses on self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression,…
Love thy neighbour? Violent armed conflict and trust
This study investigates the effects of exposure to violent conflict on trust among young adults in Ethiopia, using novel individual-level conflict data collected via audio computer-assisted self-interviewing. Overall, we find that greater exposure to violence decreases trust towards individuals living in the same neighbourhood but has no significant effect on generalized trust or trust in individuals from other neighbourhoods. The decline in loca…
When choice matters
This paper investigates the role of precommitment in making healthy food choices, using a lab-in-the-field experiment embedded in the Young Lives longitudinal study in Peru. Leveraging the fact that participants were scheduled for a blood test and would therefore require a snack afterwards, we elicited participants’ snack choice from a predefined set. Participants were asked whether they wished to pre-commit to their preferred snack choice (eithe…
Psychology (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Cognitive skill (4 works)