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Characteristics of Parents and the Unemployment Duration of their Offspring. Evidence from Italy

In: Disadvantaged Workers

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  • Salvatore Farace

    (Università di Salerno)

  • Fernanda Mazzotta

    (Università di Salerno)

  • Lavinia Parisi

    (Università di Salerno)

Abstract

This paper analyses the relationship between the characteristics of parents (namely, income, occupation and education) and the unemployment duration of their children using the job search theory. The empirical specification featured Lancaster’s (Econometrics 28:113–126, 1985) simultaneous estimate of two equations: completed unemployment duration and the starting wage accepted for a new job. The sample is drawn from the European Community Household Panel (1995–2000) and consists of unemployed Italian children who lived with their parents while looking for work. The results demonstrate that household economic conditions affect unemployment duration at different levels of educational attainment. Specifically, Italians who have graduate degrees from the wealthiest families have briefer unemployment duration. Netting out the effects of liquidity constraints and education, children from the wealthiest families can afford high-quality schools and universities and may also have better information and search strategies, thereby reducing their unemployment duration.

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  • Salvatore Farace & Fernanda Mazzotta & Lavinia Parisi, 2014. "Characteristics of Parents and the Unemployment Duration of their Offspring. Evidence from Italy," AIEL Series in Labour Economics, in: Dario Sciulli & Miguel Ángel Malo (ed.), Disadvantaged Workers, edition 1, chapter 8, pages 149-179, AIEL - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro.
    • Handle: RePEc:ail:chapts:07-08
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    1. Fernanda Mazzotta & Lavinia Parisi, 2015. "The effect of Employment on Leaving Home in Italy," Discussion Papers 8_2015, CRISEI, University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy.

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