TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Berg, Gerard J. van den
AU  - Lundborg, Petter
AU  - Vikström, Johan
        TI  - The Economics of Grief
        PY  - 2012/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7010
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7010
        AB  - 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 utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health outcomes, marital status, and subsequent fertility. We exploit the longitudinal dimension of the data and deal with a range of selection issues. We distinguish between effects on labor and various non-labor income components and we consider patterns over time. We find that labor market effects are persistent.
        KW  - sickness absenteeism
KW  - depression
KW  - child mortality
KW  - labor supply
KW  - bereavement
KW  - employment
KW  - marriage
KW  - death
KW  - divorce
KW  - mental health
KW  - fertility
        ER  -