Journal article
Intergenerationally penalized? The long-term wage consequences of parental joblessness
M Curry, I Mooi-Reci, M Wooden
Social Science Research | Published : 2022
Abstract
Studies of intergenerational stratification and mobility have long called for investigation of the joint role of mothers and fathers in affecting labor market outcomes of children. However, long-term effects of parental joblessness—where no co-residing parent is employed at a given time—are not well understood. Using longitudinal data (covering 9942 person-year observations from 2281 children) from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, this study investigates the long-term association between parental joblessness and children's wages during early adulthood. It examines whether these associations are mediated by family income during childhood and adolescence,..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (General Release 18; https://doi.org/10.26193/IYBXHM).The HILDA Survey Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the DSS or the Melbourne Institute. This research was also supported under the Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project #DP160101063).