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| Title: | | Primate evidence on the late health effects of early life adversity  |
| Authors: | | Conti, Gabriella Hansman, Christopher Heckman, James J. Novak, Matthew F. X. Ruggiero, Angela Suomi, Stephen J. |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6495 |
| Abstract: | | This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions: Mother Rearing, Peer Rearing, and Surrogate Peer Rearing. We show that the lack of a secure attachment relationship in the early years engendered by adverse rearing conditions has detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life. |
| Subjects: | | rhesus monkeys health maternal behavior social deprivation |
| JEL: | | I12 J13 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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