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Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation
Ist Teil von
The American economic review, 2018-04, Vol.108 (4-5), p.1214-1252
Ort / Verlag
United States: American Economic Association
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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BSC - Ebsco (Business Source Ultimate)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
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.