Bearbaki, Nicolas (2016): A Comment on "Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation".
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Abstract
Persson and Rossin-Slater (2016b) claim to provide the first causal estimates of the effects of fetal stress exposure on mental health later in life. They emphasize that their analysis is the first to address non-random exposure to a relative’s death and the endogeneity of gestation length to fetal stress. In light of discoveries regarding prior literature, we find these claims to be exaggerated and misleading.
| Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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| Original Title: | A Comment on "Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation" |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | family ruptures, fetal stress exposure |
| Subjects: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior |
| Item ID: | 71699 |
| Depositing User: | Nicolas Bearbaki |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2016 12:15 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2019 17:18 |
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| URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/71699 |
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