Intergenerational Disadvantage: Causes, Pathways, and Consequences

The intergenerational effects of requiring unemployment benefit recipients to engage in non-search activities

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah C Dahmann, Anne C Gielen

2024-12-01

We use a quasi-experimental design and national administrative data to analyze the intergenerational effects of introducing non-se..

Intergenerational disadvantage: Learning about equal opportunity from social assistance receipt

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah C Dahmann, Nicolás Salamanca, Anna Zhu

2022-12-01

We use variation in the intergenerational persistence across social assistance benefits over 18 years to study the drivers of inte..