Unravelling the relationship between parental resources and disability pension in young adulthood

This article analyses how parental income and education are associated with offsprings' disability pension in young adulthood (19–27 years) among 1980–1985 birth cohorts using Finnish register data. The results of discrete-time event history analysis demonstrate that parental income and education have contrasting impacts. High parental income is found to decrease, and parental education to increase, the probability of offspring having disability pension, although mainly among offspring with compulsory education. Further, young adults with high parental resources are better off two years after their first disability pension. We conclude that the influence of parental resources operates via offsprings' educational attainment but also has divergent direct impacts on offsprings’ disability pension.
Source: Social Science Research - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research