Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58815 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6495
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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

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