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Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment - Causal Evidence from Austria
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien
Abstract We estimate the causal effect of parents' unemployment on unemployment among their children in their own adulthood. We use administrative data for Austrian children born between 1974 and 1984 and apply an instrumental variables (IV) identifcation strategy using parents' job loss during a mass layoff... mehr
We estimate the causal effect of parents' unemployment on unemployment among their children in their own adulthood. We use administrative data for Austrian children born between 1974 and 1984 and apply an instrumental variables (IV) identifcation strategy using parents' job loss during a mass layoff as the instrument. We find evidence of unemployment inheritance in the next generation. An additional day of unemployment during childhood causally raises the average unemployment days of the adult child by 1 to 2%. The greatest effects are observed for unmarried parents, young children, children of low-education parents, and in families living in capital cities. We also explore various channels of intergenerational unemployment, such as education, income, and job matching by parents.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Arbeitslosigkeit; Generation; Österreich; Eltern; Kind; Vererbung; Bildung; Einkommen; Arbeitsvermittlung
Klassifikation
Arbeitsmarktforschung
soziale Probleme
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Erscheinungsort
Wien
Seitenangabe
26 S.
Schriftenreihe
IHS Working Paper, 14
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet