Boomerang Kids in the Pandemic: How High-Income Families Are Their Own Safety Net

André Victor Doherty Luduvice and Rachel Widra

Economic Commentary, 2021, vol. 2021, issue 21, 7

Abstract: In this Economic Commentary, we use the Current Population Survey to identify and examine the influx of young adults who moved in with their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic—the so-called boomerang kids—and how being in their family home influences their labor market decisions and sensitivity to occupational risk relative to that of other young adults. We find that most boomerang kids come from high-income families that can financially support them through nonemployment spells that are, on average, longer than those of young adults not living with their parents. Young adults living with their parents are also more responsive to the risk of COVID-19 exposure in the workplace and are less likely to work in occupations with high exposure risk.

Keywords: COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-202121

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