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Intergenerational Effects of Early-Life Advantage: Lessons from a Primate Study

Year: 2020

Type: report

Abstract: This paper uses three decades of studies with Rhesus monkeys to investigate the intergenerational effects of early life advantage.Monkeys and their offspring were both randomly assigned to be reared together or apart from their mothers.We document significant intergenerational effects of maternal presence.We also estimate, for the first time, the intergenerational complementarity of early life advantage, where the intergenerational effects of maternal rearing are only present for offspring that were mother-reared.This finding suggests that parenting is the primary mechanism driving the intergenerational effects.Our paper demonstrates how studies of primates can inform human development.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w27737

Authors: Amanda Dettmer, James Heckman, Juan Pantano, Victor Ronda, Stephen Suomi

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Arizona, Aarhus University, Yale University, University of Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, American Bar Foundation, University of Chicago, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NHLBI Division of Intramural Research

Awards: Developmental Consequences of Early Life Adversity, Integrated Lifecycle Approach to the Development of Health & Other Capabilities, G8855219612

OpenAlex ID: W3081874469

Cites: 57

Cited by: 10

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