Parental joblessness and its intergenerational impact

Kristina Lindemann and Markus Gangl

Chapter 10 in Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality, 2024, pp 135-149 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Parental job loss can have adverse consequences for children. This chapter provides insights into the empirical studies about the intergenerational effects of parental joblessness and reviews methodologies to study such effects. It discusses how to conceptualize the intergenerational influences of parental joblessness in the workhorse model of social mobility research in sociology and provides a stylized empirical example. Furthermore, the chapter addresses the questions 1) why adverse effects of parental job loss might emerge, by focusing on financial, social and psychological factors and 2) how these effects vary between different population groups depending on factors such as socioeconomic status of the family, ethnic or racial group and the age of child at the time of job loss. It concludes by considering the role of institutional contexts and macroeconomic conditions in mitigating the intergenerational effects of parental joblessness.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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