Job losses and child outcomes
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. Job losses appear to have a negative effect on earnings and employment of those affected, while we find no significant effects on earnings of the next generation.
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2008
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Authors: | Bratberg, Espen ; Nilsen, Øivind Anti ; Vaage, Kjell |
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Labour Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0927-5371. - Vol. 15.2008, 4, p. 591-603
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Elsevier |
Subject: | Displacement Intergenerational earnings correlations |
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