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The Economics of Grief

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Research , Preprint 01 Jan 2012 Netherlands, United Kingdom English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:The Economic Journal, volume 127, pages 1,794-1,832 (issn: 0013-0133, eissn: 1468-0297,

Authors: Van den Berg, Gerard; Vikstrom, Johan; Lundborg, Petter;

doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12399 , 10.2139/ssrn.2183543

handle: 1871.1/c73e638d-c8e6-4906-84c1-1513e4ee7341 , 10419/67165 , 10419/82274 , 1983/5446df32-8942-4605-bbb6-4fb4e9eaa22a

The Economics of Grief

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Abstract

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.

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Netherlands, United Kingdom

Related Organizations

University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands
Lund University
Sweden
Institute for the Study of Labor
Germany
Centre for Economic Policy Research
United Kingdom

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Keywords

330, Depressive Störung, sickness absenteeism, divorce, /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/econ_applied_economics, labor supply, child mortality, death, Bereavement; labor supply; child mortality; depression; sickness absenteeism; employment; marriage; death; divorce; mental health; fertility, Arbeitsangebot, marriage, Kindersterblichkeit, J14, fertility, ddc:330, I11, I12, J12, bereavement, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, Erwerbsverlauf, name=ECON Applied Economics, C41, depression, employment, death, marriage, employment, bereavement, labor supply, child mortality, depression, sickness absenteeism, divorce, mental health, fertility, /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/econ_applied_economics; name=ECON Applied Economics, mental health, Bereavement, Schweden, jel: jel:C41, jel: jel:I11, jel: jel:J14, jel: jel:I12, jel: jel:J12

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