Where you go depends on where you come from: the influence of father’s employment status on young adult’s labour market experiences

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ISER Working Paper Series

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2013-24

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ISER Working Paper Series

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Publication date

November 8, 2013

Abstract:

The transmission of economic (dis-)advantage over time should take into account the probability of employment as well as employment conditions, especially given the recent increase in the proportion of non-working people. We study the effect of young people experiencing their father not working on a range of labour market outcomes as young adults using the UKHLS. We find that children of non-working fathers are less likely to work themselves and are less satisfied when working despite similar experiences to their peers in terms of wages and contract. Testing several mediators, we find indications that these young adults experience worklessness as a less negative experience.

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