Arbeitspapier

Financial stress, family conflict, and youths' successful transition to adult roles

We analyze the effect of mothers' and youths' reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths' transitions into adult roles. We find that mothers' reports of financial stresses and borrowing constraints are associated with earlier transitions to inactivity and public assistance, while youth reports of financial stresses are associated with earlier nest-leaving. Youths reporting conflict with parents leave school and move out earlier than their peers, while conflict between parents is associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths' transitions and youths' perspectives have different consequences to those of their mothers.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4618

Classification
Wirtschaft
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Subject
Youths
financial stress
family conflict
Jugendliche
Persönlichkeitspsychologie
Verschuldungsrestriktion
Familiensoziologie
Stress
Australien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
Ribar, David C.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2009

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
  • Ribar, David C.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2009

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