Intergenerationele effecten. Werkloosheid en arbeidsongeschiktheid van vaders en de schoolloopbaan van hun kinderen

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Intergenerational Effects. Unemployment and Fathers' Inability to Work and the School Careers of Their Children. To investigate the educational attainment of children of working, unemployed, and handicapped fathers in the Netherlands, secondary analysis is performed on data from 2 previous studies: Hannie te Grotenhuis's Children Are the Losers: Second-Generation Effects of Unemployment and Disability), using questionnaire data from a cohort of 19,290 students entering secondary school in 1989; and Hannie te Grotenhuis's and J. Dronkers's "Enkele gevolgen van werkloosheid en arbeidsongeschiktheid in de verzorgingsstaat; ongelijke onderwijskansen van kinderen" ([Some Consequences of Unemployment and Disability in the Welfare State; Unequal Educational Opportunities for Children]), using a 1977 cohort of 22,000 children. A comparision of the two studies shows changes in the effects of unemployment and handicaps during the 1980s. Paternal unemployment or disability had almost no negative consequences for the educational opportunities of the younger generation in 1989, despite decreases in welfare payments. In Commentaar op Dronkers (Commentary on Dronkers), te Grotenhuis notes that Dronkers did not distinguish between the effects of short- and long-term unemployment. In Minder drama, meer analyse (Less Drama, More Analysis), Dronkers denies that he should have found any relationship between fathers' occupational history and children's success in school. 5 Tables, 19 References. Adapted from the source document.