Replication data for: Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Petra Persson; Maya Rossin-Slater
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Project Citation:
Persson, Petra, and Rossin-Slater, Maya. Replication data for: Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113015V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This paper studies how in utero exposure to maternal stress from family ruptures affects later mental health. We find that prenatal exposure to the death of a maternal relative increases take-up of ADHD medications during childhood and anti-anxiety and depression medications in adulthood. Further, family ruptures during pregnancy depress birth outcomes and raise the risk of perinatal complications necessitating hospitalization. Our results suggest large welfare gains from preventing fetal stress from family ruptures and possibly from economically induced stressors such as unemployment. They further suggest that greater stress exposure among the poor may partially explain the intergenerational persistence of poverty.
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JEL Classification:
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I12 Health Behavior
J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
I12 Health Behavior
J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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