The Effects of Parental Job Displacement on Children's Socioeconomic and Social-Psychological Outcomes

Jennie E. Brand, University of California, Los Angeles
Juli Simon Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles

The effects of parental job displacement on the lives of American children have seldom been more relevant than in the current era of massive economic upheaval. Despite a large body of research associating job displacement with subsequent non-employment, earnings losses, job quality declines, poor physical and mental health, family disruption, and social withdrawal, the effects of parental job displacement on children's well-being is scarce. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY), we examine the effects of parental job displacement on children's subsequent socioeconomic and social-psychological outcomes.