Job Losses and Child Outcomes

Espen Bratberg (), Øivind Nilsen and Kjell Vaage

No 2895, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Based on matched employer-employee data from Norway, we analyze the effects of worker displacement in 1986-1987 on their children’s earnings in 1999-2001. Using displacement of fathers to indicate an exogenous earnings shock we seek to identify whether family resources have a direct effect on children’s economic outcome. As in previous Scandinavian studies, we find the intergenerational earnings mobility to be fairly high compared to the U.S. and the U.K. Displacement appears to have a negative effect on earnings and employment of those affected, while we find no significant effects on offspring.

Keywords: displacement; intergenerational earnings correlations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2007-07
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(4), 591–603

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