Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/261791 
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Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1134
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This study examines whether an association exists between parental unemployment and health-related quality of life and mental health for adolescents aged 15-18 in Athens, Greece. The gathered dataset covers the same upper high schools in two periods, 2011-2013 and 2017-2019. The study finds that parental unemployment bears an association with decreased health-related quality of life and increased adverse mental health symptoms for adolescents. Moreover, the 2011-2013 period, a period of increased parental unemployment, saw a decrease in health-related quality of life and increased adverse mental health symptoms for adolescents. In addition, parental unemployment proved more detrimental to adolescents' health-related quality of life and mental health in 2011-2013 than in 2017-2019. The present research ranks among the first studies to examine whether parental unemployment could be associated with worse health-related quality of life and mental health for adolescents during periods of increased parental unemployment. Public policies that can reduce the adverse effects of parental unemployment on adolescents' health-related outcomes require consideration. This approach proves critical because deteriorated health-related quality of life and mental health can negatively impact on adolescents' human capital, progression, income, and future health.
Subjects: 
Parental unemployment
adolescents
health-related quality of life
mental health
recession
economic crisis
JEL: 
E24
J13
I10
I14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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