Essays on the Determinants of Human Capital

This dissertation consists of three empirical essays broadly concerned with the determinants of human capital. The first essay estimates the causal effect of exposure to maternal psychological stress generated by the 9/11 attacks on the cohort in utero that day. The analysis finds that cohorts expos...

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Main Author: Adelman, Melissa
Other Authors: Katz, Lawrence F.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10336
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10336874