Parental Proximity and Earnings after Job Displacements
94 Pages Posted: 22 Oct 2019
Date Written: July 23, 2019
Abstract
The earnings of young adults who live in the same neighborhoods as their parents completely recover after a job displacement, unlike the earnings of young adults who live farther away, which permanently decline. Nearby workers appear to benefit from help with childcare since grandmothers are less likely to be employed after their child's job displacement and since the earnings benefits are concentrated among young adults who have children. The result also suggests that parental employment networks improve earnings. Differences in job search durations, transfers of housing services, and geographic mobility, however, are too small to explain the result.
Keywords: Adult children, Childcare, Family ties, Job loss, Parents, Transfers
JEL Classification: J61, J64, R23
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