The Kids Aren't Alright: Parental Job Loss and Children's Outcomes Within and Beyond Schools

Happy to announce that the working paper “The Kids Aren't Alright: Parental Job Loss and Children's Outcomes Within and Beyond Schools”, written by Diogo G. C. Britto, Caique Melo and Breno Sampaio is out! 

They study the effects of parental job loss on children and how access to unemployment benefits can mitigate these impacts. The main results show that parental job loss increases school dropouts and age-grade distortion, furthermore children are more likely to work informally, commit crime, and experience early pregnancy. Their findings indicate that the income losses following parental displacement are an important mechanism of the effects on children, highlighting the importance of policies that provide income support for displaced workers.