@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12933, author={Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio and Molina, José Alberto and Velilla, Jorge}, title={Short- vs Long-Term Intergenerational Correlations of Employment and Self-Employment in Europe}, year={2020}, month={Jan}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={12933}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12933}, abstract={This paper analyzes the existence of short- and long-term intergenerational correlation of employment and self-employment in European countries, using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. Using longitudinal data for the period 2003-2016, fixed effect estimates show a significant short-term correlation between the current employment status of parents and that of their children. However, short-term correlation of self-employment seems to be driven only by father-son correlations. Conversely, using the special module on Intergenerational Transmissions for the year 2011, estimates show a strong and significant correlation between respondents' self-employment status, and that of their parents when respondents were 14 years old. This suggests that self-employment decisions are not related to short-term family labor supply decisions, but to long-term intergenerational transmission.}, keywords={self-employment;short- and long-term;Intergenerational transmissions;EU-SILC data;employment}, }