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The Intergenerational Correlation of Employment

26 Aug 2019

'We document a substantial positive correlation of employment status between mothers and their children in the United States, linking data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the NLSY79 Children and Young Adults. After controlling for ability, education and wealth, a one-year increase in a mother’s employment is associated with six weeks more employment of her child on average. The intergenerational transmission of maternal employment is stronger to daughters than to sons, and it is higher for low-educated and low-income mothers. Potential mechanisms we were able to rule out included networks, occupation-specific human capital and conditions within the local labor market. By contrast, we provide suggestive evidence for a role-model channel through which labor force participation is transmitted'--Abstract, page ii.
economics economy science and technology consumer price index debt employment labour mathematics social mobility predictors mobility earned income tax credit cpi correlation and dependence quintile dependent and independent variables cohort study attitude (psychology) current population survey indicator variable labor market outcomes disutility national longitudinal survey of youth
ISSN
17019397
Pages
52
Published in
Ottawa, ON, CA

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