Does Grief Transfer across Generations? Bereavements during Pregnancy and Child Outcomes

Using population data from Norway, we examine the effects of stress induced by the death of the mother's parent during pregnancy on both the short-run and the long-run outcomes of the infant. Using a variety of empirical strategies to address the issue of nonrandom exposure to death during a pr...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic details
Volume:	8
Main Author:	Sandra E. Black Paul J. Devereux Kjell G. Salvanes
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	NASHVILLE American Economic Association 01.01.2016 AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
published in:	American economic journal. Applied economics Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 193 - 223
Data of publication:	20160101
ISSN:	1945-7782 1945-7790
EISSN:	1945-7790
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences INTELLIGENCE SWEDEN INFLUENZA BIRTH-WEIGHT STRESS HEIGHT EXPOSURE
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2016 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS