全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP9913 Does grief transfer across generations? In-utero deaths and child outcomes

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP9913
	DP9913 Does grief transfer across generations? In-utero deaths and child outcomes
	Kjell G Salvanes; Sandra Black; Paul J. Devereux
发表日期	2014-03-23
出版年	2014
语种	英语
摘要	While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of the mother?s parent during pregnancy on both the short-run and the long-run outcomes of the infant. Our primary specification involves using mother fixed effects?comparing the outcomes of two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies?augmented with a control for whether there is a death around the time of the pregnancy in order to isolate true causal effects of a bereavement during pregnancy. We find small negative effects on birth outcomes, and these effects are bigger for boys than for girls. The effects on birth outcomes seems to be driven by deaths due to cardiovascular causes suggesting that sudden deaths are more difficult to deal with. However, we find no evidence of adverse effects on adult outcomes. The results are robust to alternative specifications.
主题	Labour Economics
关键词	Fetal origins Intergenerational transmission
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp9913
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/538747
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kjell G Salvanes,Sandra Black,Paul J. Devereux. DP9913 Does grief transfer across generations? In-utero deaths and child outcomes. 2014.