Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation: Comment
成果类型：
Editorial Material
署名作者：
Matsumoto, Brett
刊物名称：
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
ISSN/ISSBN：
0002-8282
DOI：
10.1257/aer.20161124
发表日期：
2018
页码：
1253-1255
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摘要：
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.