American Economic Review Vol. 108 No. 4-5 2018
Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation: Comment
Abstract
The empirical methodology used by Persson and Rossin-Slater (2018) to estimate the causal effect of in utero exposure to stress contains a potentially significant flaw. They define the control group in a way that may bias their causal estimates and can lead to the finding of a significant relationship when there is none. In this note, I describe the source of the bias and suggest an alternative specification of the control group.
- DOI
- 10.1257/aer.20161124
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- 4-5
- Pages
- 1253-1255
- Language
- en
- Sources
- bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref