Victoria Baranov

Theoretical Underpinnings and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Cash Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

V Baranov, L Cameron, D Contreras Suarez, C Thibout

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Journal of Development Studies

The number of studies examining the effects of cash transfer (CT) programs on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has rapidly grown ov..

Association of maternal depression and home adversities with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis biomarkers in rural Pakistan

AK Hagaman, V Baranov, E Chung, K LeMasters, N Andrabi, LM Bates, A Rahman, S Sikander, E Turner, J Maselko

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Affective Disorders

Background: Each year, almost 35% of children are exposed to maternal depression and more grow up in persistent poverty, increasin..

Effectiveness of a peer-delivered, psychosocial intervention on maternal depression and child development at 3 years postnatal: a cluster randomised trial in Pakistan

Joanna Maselko, Siham Sikander, Elizabeth L Turner, Lisa M Bates, Ikhlaq Ahmad, Najia Atif, Victoria Baranov, Sonia Bhalotra, Amina Bibi, Tayyaba Bibi, Samina Bilal, Pietro Biroli, Esther Chung, John A Gallis, Ashley Hagaman, Anam Jamil, Katherine LeMasters, Karen O'Donnell, Elissa Scherer, Maria Sharif, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: Maternal depression has a recurring course that can influence offspring outcomes. Evidence on how to treat maternal de..

The contribution of grandmother involvement to child growth and development: an observational study in rural Pakistan

Esther O Chung, Ashley Hagaman, Katherine LeMasters, Nafeesa Andrabi, Victoria Baranov, Lisa M Bates, John A Gallis, Karen O'Donnell, Atif Rahman, Siham Sikander, Elizabeth L Turner, Joanna Maselko

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Global Health

INTRODUCTION: Early childhood interventions primarily focus on the mother-child relationship, but grandmothers are often critical ..

Can Positive Psychology Improve Psychological Well-being and Economic Decision-Making? Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Victoria Baranov, Johannes Haushofer, Chaning Jang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Economic Development and Cultural Change

We conduct a randomized experiment to evaluate the effect of a light-touch low-cost psychological intervention on psychological we..

Treatment as insurance: HIV antiretroviral therapy offers financial risk protection in Malawi

Sarah Dickerson, Victoria Baranov, Jacob Bor, Jeremy Barofsky

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health Policy and Planning

Many countries have expanded insurance programmes in an effort to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). We assess a complementa..

Queens of the Desert: Convictism and Marital Attitudes across Australia

Victoria Baranov, Ralph de Haas, Pauline Grosjean

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  AEA Papers and Proceedings

We merge data on spatial variation in the presence of convicts across eighteenth and nineteenth century Australia with results fro..

Maternal Depression, Women's Empowerment, and Parental Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial

Victoria Baranov, Sonia Bhalotra, Pietro Biroli, Joanna Maselko

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Economic Review

We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental health, financial empowerment, and parenting..

Psychosocial determinants of sustained maternal functional impairment: Longitudinal findings from a pregnancy-birth cohort study in rural Pakistan

A Hagaman, J Gallis, S Bhalotra, Victoria Baranov, E Turner, S Sikander, J Maselko

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS One

Function is an important marker of health throughout the life course, however, in low-and-middle-income-countries, little is known..

The Impact of AIDS Treatment on Savings and Human Capital Investment in Malawi

Victoria Baranov, Hans-Peter Kohler

Journal article  |  2018  |  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Antiretroviral therapy (ART), a treatment for AIDS, is rapidly increasing life expectancy throughout sub-Saharan African countries..