Maternal stress and child outcomes

Evidence from siblings

We study how maternal stress affects offspring outcomes. We find that in utero exposure to elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol negatively affects offspring cognition, health, and educational attainment. These findings are based on comparisons between siblings that limit variation to short...

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Volume:	51
Main Author:	Aizer, Anna Stroud, Laura Buka, Stephen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	MADISON University of Wisconsin Press 2016 UNIV WISCONSIN PRESS
published in:	The Journal of human resources Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 523 - 555
ORCID:	0000-0002-8578-9308
Data of publication:	2016
ISSN:	0022-166X 1548-8004 1548-8004
EISSN:	1548-8004
Discipline:	Economics Business
Subjects:	Kognition Mutter USA Stress Bildungsniveau Kind Poverty Prenatal influences United States Economic aspects Physiological aspects Econometric models Stress (Physiology) Stress (Psychology) Hydrocortisone Physiological effect Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Mother and child Psychological research Influence Research WORKING DAY EVENTS ANXIETY DISEASE BIRTH-WEIGHT PRENATAL STRESS SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS EXPOSURE PREGNANCY CORTISOL
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