TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Family ruptures, stress, and the mental health of the next generation: comment
JO  - American economic review
A1  - Matsumoto, Brett
SP  - 1253
EP  - 1255
VL  - 108
IS  - 4-5
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-8282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20161124
ID  - ref1
ER  -