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CEP Discussion Paper
The Transferable Scars: A Longitudinal Evidence of Psychological Impact of Past Parental Unemployment on Adolescents in the United Kingdom Nattavudh Powdthavee and James Vernoit September 2012 Paper No' CEPDP1165: Full Paper ![]() Using a longitudinal data of British youths, this paper explores the consequences of past parental unemployment on the current happiness and self-esteem of the children. We find that a past unemployment spell of the father has important consequences for their children and leads to them having both lower subjective well-being and self-confidence. In addition, this paper also presents evidence that both subjective well-being and self-confidence responds differently to maternal unemployment compared to paternal unemployment. In our final table, we show changes in adolescents’ well-being and self-esteem predicts educational attainments at 16. Together these findings offer new evidence of unemployment scarring on children’s livelihood. This paper has been published as: What childhood characteristics predict psychological resilience to economic shocks in adulthood?, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Journal of Economic Psychology, Volume 45, December 201 |
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