In this paper we investigate the effect of stress on the survival probability using a child's death as the triggering … that bereavement has a stronger impact on fathers, while we find only modest evidence for mothers. This is a novel and …

In this paper we investigate the effect of stress on the survival probability using a child's death as the triggering … that bereavement has a stronger impact on fathers, while we find only modest evidence for mothers. This is a novel and …

We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death … cause of death with parents' labour market outcomes, health outcomes, marital status, and subsequent fertility. We exploit …

We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death … cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health outcomes, marital status, and subsequent fertility. We exploit …

adverse economic conditions early in life. Adverse life events include bereavement, severe illness in the family, and the …

This paper studies the mental distress caused by bereavement. The largest emotional losses are from the death of a … spouse; the second-worst in severity are the losses from the death of a child; the third-worst is the death of a parent. The … that bereavement affects someone's marginal utility of income, and suggest a procedure for correcting for the endogeneity …

Although everyone would agree that bereavement is extremely stressful, surprisingly little is known about changes in … different facets of affective well-being in the years surrounding the death of a loved one. On the basis of the Socio …-being (happiness, sadness, anxiety, and anger) in the years around the death of a partner (N =989) and child (N =276). Data on the …

exploit the exogenous variation in negative emotions induced by individuals' parent's death to infer causality. Fixed effects …