Does Stress Shorten Your Life? Evidence from Parental Bereavement
研究孩子意外死亡带来的压力对父母死亡风险的影响，发现短期无影响但长期显著增加，尤其男性通过吸烟饮酒等危险行为应对，而心理支持能降低女性风险但对男性效果有限。
I study the impact of stress resulting from the unexpected death of a child on parents' mortality risk. Using a flexible approach and allowing for time‐varying treatment effects, I find no impact on the short‐run mortality risk. However, I estimate a substantial increase in the long‐run, particularly among men. I provide evidence that this group likely resorts to risky health behaviours such as heavy smoking and drinking as coping mechanisms. Assessing the possible protective effects of mental health support, I find evidence that it lowers the mortality risk for women. Mental health support has a smaller impact for men. I show that this is likely due to underutilization by those who would benefit the most. Finally, I present robustness of my results to specific departure from my identifying assumptions.