Parental Job Loss and Children's Careers

Kristiina Huttunen and Krista Riukula ()
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Krista Riukula: ETLA - The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

No 12788, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We study the effect of parental job loss on children's outcomes using administrative data from Finland. We focus on two channels through which parental job loss can affect children's careers: 1) by affecting the child's field of study choices and 2) by weakening social ties to the labor market. We find evidence supporting both mechanisms: a father's job loss decreases the likelihood of the child choosing the father's field of study or finding employment in the father's plant. Children of displaced fathers have lower earnings; however, we find no effects on the outcomes measured before the study choices are made.

Keywords: childhood income; study field; social ties; education; job loss; earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 J24 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2019-11
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Published - published in: Labour Economics. 2024, 90, 102578

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