Lasting effects of parental death during childhood: evidence from Sweden

Luis Serratos-Sotelo; Peter  Eibich

Lasting effects of parental death during childhood: evidence from Sweden

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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Abstract

This study looks at the effect of losing a parent before the age of 16 on adult income, educational attainment, and health. Using detailed data from the Swedish registers and several methodological strategies, we follow to adulthood individuals born between 1968 and 1981 and observe their later-life outcomes.

The results suggest that, in line with previous research, losing a parent during childhood is associated with substantively lower income, lower educational attainment and more hospitalizations. We find evidence of a critical phase from ages 6-15 for educational attainment and ages 2-10 for hospitalizations, and our estimates suggest that grief and parental investments are relevant mechanisms for the observed effects

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Rostock, Germany
Publisher	Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Number of pages	31
Publication status	Published - 2021 Apr

Publication series

Name	MPIDR Working Papers
Publisher	Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
No.	2021-007

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Economic History

Free keywords

Parental death
Early-life
income
education
hospitalization
Sweden

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https://www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/working/wp-2021-007.pdf

1 Doctoral Thesis (compilation)

Disease, Death, and Displacement: The long-term effects of early-life conditions on income, education, and health in Sweden, 1937-2011
Serratos-Sotelo, L., 2021 Apr, Lund, Sweden: Lund University (Media-Tryck). 179 p.
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Vaccines, Migration, and Family: The Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Exposures on Income, Education, and Health in Sweden
Serratos, L. (Research student), Bengtsson, T. (Supervisor) & Nilsson, A. (Assistant supervisor)
2016/09/01 → 2021/04/29
Project: Dissertation

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Lasting effects of parental death during childhood: evidence from Sweden

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Disease, Death, and Displacement: The long-term effects of early-life conditions on income, education, and health in Sweden, 1937-2011

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Vaccines, Migration, and Family: The Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Exposures on Income, Education, and Health in Sweden

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