【题  目】Understanding Children: Parental Beliefs, Adolescent Mental Health, and Academic Performance

【时  间】 2026年11月17日（星期二）10:00-11:30

【地  点】 后主楼1610会议室

【主讲人】 夏一鸣 讲  师（西南财经大学经济与管理研究院）

【主持人】 徐  慧 副教授（william威廉中文官网）

摘要：

Do children benefit when parents understand them better? We evaluate a “test–feedback” intervention that provided parents with personalized information about their children’s abilities and interests. Six months later, the intervention reduced adolescents’ CES-D scores by 0.12 standard deviations and depression prevalence by 5 percentage points. It also improved the alignment of parental beliefs with children's characteristics, reduced students’ stress, and increased self-esteem. The test-score effects were small but masked substantial differences across grades: the intervention increased achievement by 0.12 standard deviations among students in their first year of middle or high school but reduced it by 0.07–0.09 standard deviations among students in their second year.

报告人简介：

夏一鸣，西南财经大学经济与管理研究院助理教授，伦敦大学公司经济学博士。主要研究领域为劳动经济学，结合实地实验与微观计量方法，重点考察家庭与公司环境对人力资本形成的影响，以及激励机制在促进健康行为中的作用。