Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare.

Autor/inn/en	Bubonya, Melisa; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
Titel	Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Entwicklungspfade der Benachteiligung: Entschlüsselung des intergenerationalen Zusammenhangs im Bereich der Wohlfahrt.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 80 (2021) February, Art. 102066Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.102066
Schlagwörter	Abweichendes Verhalten; Soziale Mobilität; Schule; Drogenabhängigkeit; Sozialleistung; Leistungsbezug; Jugendkriminalität; Abbruch; Auswirkung; Generationswechsel; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Australien
Abstract	"Our goal is to investigate the pathways that link welfare receipt across generations. We undertake a mediation analysis in which we not only calculate the intergenerational correlation in welfare, but also quantify the portion of that correlation that operates through key mechanisms. Our data come from administrative welfare records for young people (aged 23-26) and their parents over nearly two decades which have been linked to survey responses from young people at age 18. The mediators we consider jointly explain nearly a third (32.2 percent) of the intergenerational correlation in welfare receipt. The primary mechanism linking welfare receipt across generations is the failure to complete high school. Adolescents in welfare-reliant families experience more disruptions in their schooling (e.g., school changes and residential mobility, expulsions and suspensions) and receive less financial support from their families both of which impact on their chances of completing high school and avoiding the welfare roll. Young people's risk-taking behavior (smoking, illicit drug use, delinquency and pregnancy) is also a key mechanism underpinning intergenerational welfare reliance. Physical and mental health, work-welfare attitudes and academic achievement, in contrast, have a more modest role in transmitting welfare receipt across generations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2021 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/4