Donal O’Neill|Olive Sweetman
Intergenerational Mobility in Britain: Evidence from Unemployment Patterns
recent papers examined intergenerational transmission wellbeing looking relationship parents childrens income however concentrating working studies exclude poorest society unemployed paper extend empirical work intergenerational welfare uk looking links fathers sons unemployment histories using approach takes account incidence intensity sons unemployment provide evidence showing parental background important determinant childs future welfare son whose father unemployed 20 years earlier almost twice likely unemployed son whose father unemployed furthermore dependency remains significant controlling range sons characteristics including education ability family composition