The Intergenerational Transmission of Joblessness
This Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project aims to understand the intergenerational transmission of joblessness in Australia and across Europe, Asia and the United States.

Overview
The project aims to unpack the mechanisms, channels and factors that drive joblessness from one generation to the next in Australia and across Europe, Asia and the United States. By creating a rich longitudinal dataset on families across the selected countries, it plans to challenge existing theories by asking whether aspects of family’s work-welfare trajectories, values and dynamics play out differently across multiple nations, over time and in different labour market, institutional and family contexts.
Objectives
Project results may provide evidence-based knowledge for the development of effective interventions to avert the persistence of joblessness across generations.
Project details
Sponsors
Australian Research Council – Discovery grant
Project team
Associate Professor Irma Mooi-Reci
Tim Liao
Professor Mark Wooden