TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The effect of prenatal stress on cooperation: evidence from violent conflict in Uganda
JO  - European economic review
A1  - Cecchi, Francesco
A1  - Duchoslav, Jan
SP  - 35
EP  - 56
VL  - 101
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0014-2921
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.015
ID  - ref1
ER  -