Mo Alloush
Biographic Data
| ID | 6447382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mo Alloush |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mo |
| FAMILY NAME | Alloush |
| SIGNATURE | ALLOUSH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hamilton College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8490-4215 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Poverty and parental discipline
Across and within countries, there are large differences in how parents discipline their children, and frequently, poverty is associated with higher levels of physical punishment. We leverage the roll-out of a conditional cash transfer program in Peru to test whether its introduction changes parental discipline practices. We find that in districts that begin to receive the program, the average level of reported physical punishment by mothers and …
Income, Psychological Well-Being, and the Dynamics of Poverty
Evidence across disciplines suggests a bidirectional relationship between psychological and economic well-being and indicates a possible feedback loop that can reinforce poverty. Estimation of these causal links, however, is difficult because of this simultaneity. I use a panel generalized method of moments approach and a large-scale dataset from South Africa to estimate a system of dynamic equations where income and psychological well-being are …
Do Shocks and Environmental Factors Shape Personality Traits? Evidence from the Ultra-Poor in Uganda
Personality characteristics and non-cognitive skills are key determinants of decision-making and economic outcomes. While personality is commonly believed to be stable after age 30, evidence suggests that significant changes in occupational or social roles, or exposure to family or health shocks, can have effects on personality traits. In this paper, we study the short-term effects of two kinds of shocks on measured personality traits among young…
Income Improves Subjective Well-Being
This paper estimates the causal impact of income on life satisfaction for a broad sample of individuals in a developing country. Using a large and representative panel survey of South African residents, we find that receipt of the Older Person’s Grant—a means-tested cash transfer that is given to residents age 60 and older regardless of labor force status—increases several household-level measures of economic well-being, resulting in a large and …
Neighborhood violence, poverty, and psychological well-being
Income Improves Subjective Well-Being
This paper estimates the causal impact of income on life satisfaction for a broad sample of individuals in a developing country. Using a large and representative panel survey of South African residents, we find that receipt of the Older Person’s Grant—a means-tested cash transfer that is given to residents age 60 and older regardless of labor force status—increases several household-level measures of economic well-being, resulting in a large and …
Neighborhood violence, poverty, and psychological well-being
Income, Psychological Well-Being, and the Dynamics of Poverty
Evidence across disciplines suggests a bidirectional relationship between psychological and economic well-being and indicates a possible feedback loop that can reinforce poverty. Estimation of these causal links, however, is difficult because of this simultaneity. I use a panel generalized method of moments approach and a large-scale dataset from South Africa to estimate a system of dynamic equations where income and psychological well-being are …
Neighborhood violence, poverty, and psychological well-being
Do Shocks and Environmental Factors Shape Personality Traits? Evidence from the Ultra-Poor in Uganda
Personality characteristics and non-cognitive skills are key determinants of decision-making and economic outcomes. While personality is commonly believed to be stable after age 30, evidence suggests that significant changes in occupational or social roles, or exposure to family or health shocks, can have effects on personality traits. In this paper, we study the short-term effects of two kinds of shocks on measured personality traits among young…
Income Improves Subjective Well-Being
This paper estimates the causal impact of income on life satisfaction for a broad sample of individuals in a developing country. Using a large and representative panel survey of South African residents, we find that receipt of the Older Person’s Grant—a means-tested cash transfer that is given to residents age 60 and older regardless of labor force status—increases several household-level measures of economic well-being, resulting in a large and …
Income, Psychological Well-Being, and the Dynamics of Poverty
Evidence across disciplines suggests a bidirectional relationship between psychological and economic well-being and indicates a possible feedback loop that can reinforce poverty. Estimation of these causal links, however, is difficult because of this simultaneity. I use a panel generalized method of moments approach and a large-scale dataset from South Africa to estimate a system of dynamic equations where income and psychological well-being are …
Poverty and parental discipline
Across and within countries, there are large differences in how parents discipline their children, and frequently, poverty is associated with higher levels of physical punishment. We leverage the roll-out of a conditional cash transfer program in Peru to test whether its introduction changes parental discipline practices. We find that in districts that begin to receive the program, the average level of reported physical punishment by mothers and …
Economics (4 works) · Poverty (4 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)