The aim of this study is to assess the impact of sudden parental bereavement on subsequent
attainment of developmental competencies. This longitudinal study reports on 126 youth …

Identifying the impact of parental death on the well-being of children is complicated because
parental death is likely to be correlated with other, unobserved factors that affect child well …

This paper examines the transmission of human capital from parents to children using
variation in parental influence due to parental death, divorce, and the increasing …

Being able to form and maintain intimate relationships is an essential part of development
and the early loss of a parent may negatively affect this ability. This study investigates the …

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the impact of parental health shocks on
investments in children's education using detailed longitudinal data from Bosnia and …

We examine the impact of the US drug crisis on children's living arrangements. Because
factors that lead to drug use could also alter family structure, we instrument for the intensity …

I show that serious, yet common, parental health events in childhood have immediate and
lasting effects on mental health and educational outcomes for children. Following a parental …

This paper studies the long-term effects of in-utero and early-life exposure to pesticide use
on adulthood and old-age longevity. We use the cyclical emergence of cicadas in the …

This paper evaluates the long-term consequences of parental death on children's cognitive
and noncognitive skills, as well as on labor market outcomes. We exploit a large …

Background Health inequalities are rooted in education and we investigate the association
between early parental death and attainment across the educational spectrum. Methods …