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Parental Separation during Childhood and Its Impact on Intergenerational Co-residence, Geographic Proximity, and Nature of Communication between Aging Parents and Adult Children: Evidence from a novel dataset on caregiving.

Due to increasing divorce rates, a substantial portion of middle-aged adults experienced parental separation during childhood or adolescence. Parental separation tends to weaken relationships and reduce contact between children and their non-resident parents. Subsequently, these disruptions may affect the contact and support adult children provide to their older parents. Using...

Presented by: Kate H. Choi (Western University)

Venue: Online

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Socio-emotional characteristics in early childhood and offending behaviour in adolescence

This paper examines the relationship between early childhood developmental difficulties and adolescent offending using linked administrative data from the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice. I follow three cohorts of children assessed at age five and observe criminal outcomes between ages 11 and 17. Factor analysis of Early...

Presented by: Paul Garcia (ISER, University of Essex)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Seminar Room