Table 9

Does Maternal Human Capital Moderate the Impact of Prenatal Cortisol on Offspring Outcomes?

Dependent Variable = Offspring123
Education in YearsMother < HSMother HSMother ≥ HS
Top quintile prenatal cortisol−1.871
[0.768]
−0.873
[0.596]
−0.797
[0.560]
Bottom quintile prenatal cortisol−0.113
[0.951]
−0.345
[0.429]
−0.437
[0.433]
Constant24.68
[8.547]
9.580
[5.694]
9.003
[5.702]
Observations143177233
R-squared0.8440.8210.802
SiblingSiblingSibling
SampleMother < HSMother HSMother ≥ HS
Full controlsYYY
Maternal FE includedYYY
  • Notes: Robust standard errors in brackets.

  • Full controls include all controls listed in Table 3, Panel A.