@article{ref1,
title="The effect of prenatal stress on cooperation: evidence from violent conflict in Uganda",
journal="European economic review",
year="2018",
author="Cecchi, Francesco and Duchoslav, Jan",
volume="101",
number="",
pages="35-56",
abstract="Are preferences endogenously determined in the womb? We play a public goods game with Ugandan children born during a conflict characterised by high civilian victimisation. Children whose caregivers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder are more likely to free-ride in the game. Genetic and environmental factors alone do not explain the relationship, but children's 2D:4D digit ratio - a marker of fetal hormone exposure associated with epigenetic effects of maternal distress - does. Our findings extend the fetal origins literature to the domain of preferences. By reducing next generation's taste for cooperation, conflict may have father-reaching economic consequences than previously thought.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-2921",
doi="10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.015"
}