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    Why Parental Unemployment Matters for Children’s Educational Attainment: Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands
    Mooi-Reci, I ; Bakker, B ; Curry, M ; Wooden, M (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019)
    This study examines the effect of parents’ unemployment on their children’s subsequent educational attainment. Its theoretical significance lies on its focus to test the mediating role of parents’ changing work ethics during spells of unemployment. Integrating multiple survey and administrative data sources, our estimates are based on a sample of Dutch children (n = 812) who were exposed to their parents’ unemployment during the previous economic crisis in the early 1980s. Our results reveal a direct negative effect between fathers’ unemployment duration and their children’s educational attainment and also an indirect effect through mothers’ changing attitudes towards work. We also find empirical evidence that mothers’ and fathers’ whose views about work become more pessimistic lead to reduced educational attainment among their children.
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    Does having jobless parents damage a child's future?
    Mooi-Reci, I ; Wooden, M ; Curry, M (Melbourne Institute, 2019)
    Growing up in a household where parents are jobless exposes many Australian children to a lifelong cycle of disadvantage. This study provides insight into the factors driving the transmission of joblessness from one generation to the next and identifies where interventions to help break the cycle would be most effective.