Parental disruption and the labour market performance of children when they reach adulthood

(2003) - Paul Fronstin, David H. Greenberg, Philip K. Robins

Journal: Family, Household and Work
Link:: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-55573-2_16
DOI:: 10.1007/978-3-642-55573-2_16
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Tags:: #paper #NCDS #LabourMarket #Family
Cite Key:: [@fronstinParentalDisruptionLabour2003]

Abstract

This paper uses data from the age 33 wave of the British National Child Development Survey (NCDS) to analyze the e¨ects of a parental disruption (divorce or death of a father) on the labour market performance of children when they reach adulthood. The NCDS is a longitudinal study of all children born during the ®rst week of March 1958 in England, Scotland, and Wales. Controlling for a rich set of pre-disruption characteristics, the results indicate that a parental disruption leads to moderately less employment among males and considerably lower wage rates among females at age 33. If pre-disruption characteristics are not controlled for, larger e¨ects are estimated for both males and females. Parental disruption also seems to cause substantial reductions in educational attainment for both males and females.

Notes

“ndicate that a parental disruption leads to moderately less employment among males and considerably lower wage rates among females at age 33” (Fronstin et al., 2003, p. 137)