long run labour market success of children is related to that of their parents is examined. The rich countries differ … significantly in the extent to which parental economic status is related to the labour market success of children in adulthood. The …

background characteristics are controlled for--most notably the income and labour market activity of parents in the years leading …. Parental loss by death is assumed to be exogenous, the experiences of children with a bereaved background offering a benchmark … to assess the endogeneity of parental loss through divorce. Differences between individuals with divorced parents and …