Applied Economics Seminar Series. Intergenerational transmission of welfare dependency.
Published: 21 February 2023
22 March. Professor Monique de Haan, University of Amsterdam.
Professor Monique de Haan, University of Amsterdam.
"The intergenerational transmission of welfare dependency."
Wednesday, 22 March. 3:00 pm
Lecture Theatre 206. Main Building.
Abstract
Exploiting rich administrative data from Norway, we estimate nonparametric bounds around the average causal effect of parental welfare participation on children's welfare participation for children that grew up in welfare-dependent families. We find upper bounds well below the intergenerational association and substantially below existing LATE estimates in the literature. Our results show that a substantial portion of the observed intergenerational correlation in welfare dependency is due to correlated characteristics and that there is important heterogeneity in the intergenerational spillovers both between participants (and their children) within a welfare program as well as across different welfare programs.
Bio
Monique de Haan is a Professor in Empirical Microeconomics at the University of Amsterdam. Previously she was an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo. In her research, she focuses on answering causal questions within the economics of education, labor economics and family economics by using micro-econometric techniques in combination with administrative and survey-based datasets. In her most recent work, she investigates the performance of school assignment mechanisms in practice and the intergenerational transmission of income and welfare dependence.
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First published: 21 February 2023
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