2018 journal article
Parental Support and Youth Occupational Attainment: Help or Hindrance?
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(8), 1580–1594.
author keywords: Parental support; Youth development; Occupational attainment; Transition to adulthood; Social inequality
MeSH headings : Adult; Employment / psychology; Female; Humans; Income / statistics & numerical data; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Parenting / psychology; Parents / psychology; Socioeconomic Factors; Young Adult
TL;DR:
Developing within a life course perspective that links social inequality and early life course transitions is conceptualized, showing that the more direct financial transfers youth receive, the higher their occupational status, and that among youth living with their parents, college graduates have the lowest occupational status.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
4. Quality Education
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10. Reduced Inequalities
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Added: November 29, 2020
Although several concerns surround the transition to adulthood and youth increasingly rely on parental support, our knowledge about the implications of parental support for youth development and transition to adulthood is limited. This study fills this gap by conceptualizing development within a life course perspective that links social inequality and early life course transitions. It draws on a subsample of youth observed between age 18 and 28 from the Transition to Adulthood supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 2005-2015 (N = 7,542; 53% female, 51.3% white). Mixed-effects models reveal that the more direct financial transfers youth receive, the higher their occupational status. Yet, indirect financial support parents offer through co-residence shows the opposite pattern. Among youth receiving monetary transfers, college graduates have particularly high occupational status; however, among youth living with their parents, college graduates have the lowest occupational status. Although different types of parental support may equally act as safety nets, their divergent implications for youths' occupational attainment raise concerns about the reproduction and possible intensification of inequality during this developmental stage.