The Economics of Grief
Författare
Summary, in English
We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilise unique registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parental outcomes. We exploit the longitudinal dimension of the data and deal with several selection issues. Losing a child has adverse effects on labour income, employment status, marital status and hospitalisation. The value of policy measures aimed at preventing mortal accidents of children is underestimated if it does not take bereavement effects on parents into account.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2017-09
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1794-1832
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Economic Journal
Volym
127
Issue
604
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Economics and Business
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1468-0297