TY  - JOUR
AU  - Conti,Gabriella
AU  - Hansman,Christopher
AU  - Heckman,James J.
AU  - Novak,Matthew F. X.
AU  - Ruggiero,Angela
AU  - Suomi,Stephen J.
TI  - Primate Evidence on the Late Health Effects of Early Life Adversity
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 18002
PY  - 2012
Y2  - April 2012
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w18002
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w18002.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Gabriella Conti
Harris School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
1155 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 773/702-7052
E-Mail: gconti@uchicago.edu

Christopher Hansman
Department of Economics
Columbia University
1022 International Affairs
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
E-Mail: cjh2182@columbia.edu

James J. Heckman
Department of Economics
The University of Chicago
1126 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 773/702-0634
Fax: 773/702-8490
E-Mail: jjh@uchicago.edu

Matthew F. X. Novak
Department of Psychology
Central Oregon Community College
Modoc 212
2600 N.W. College Way
Bend  OR  97701
E-Mail: mnovak@cocc.edu

Angela Ruggiero
NICHD
Section on Comparative Behavioral Genetics
Elmer School Rd Room 205
Poolesville MD 20837
E-Mail: ar327u@nih.gov

Stephen J. Suomi
NICHD
Section on Comparative Behavioral Genetics
Elmer School Rd Room 205
Poolesville MD 20837
E-Mail: suomis@mail.nih.gov
AB  - 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.
ER  -