References to follow up on:
Hi Jennifer, I’ve gone through both the ‘start here’ and ‘other’ summaries, and picked
out what I think are the more appropriate articles to follow up on. I’m thinking there
might be too many, but at least this gives us a manageable list. There are plenty of
follow ups for unemployment (a) and residential instability (b) issues, but not so
many for spillover effects (c). Also, I’d suggest that because we don’t have as many
original articles on residential mobility and spillover effects, it might be better
prioritize these follow ups. I reckon we have enough info on the effects of
unemployment / economic / financial issues on parents and children. I’ve divided the
follow ups into our three general topics:
A) the effects of unemployment and firm closings on parents and children's outcomes
(broadly construed)
B) the effects of residential instability/mobility on parents and children's outcomes
C) spillover effects in classrooms and neighborhoods
A) THE EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND FIRM CLOSINGS ON
PARENTS AND CHILDREN’S OUTCOMES:
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Unemployment and repercussions / mental health for family members (from
Ström 2003)  Hakim, Catherine. 1982. “The Social Consequences of High
Unemployment.” Journal of Social Policy 11 (4): 433–67
Unemployment having differing effects on different types of families (from
Ström 2003)  Voydanoff, Patricia. 1983. “Unemployment and Family Stress.”
Research in the Inter weave of Social Roles 3:239–50
Unemployment altering the lifestyle of entire families (from Ström 2003) 
McKee, Lorna, and Colin Bell. 1985. “Marital and Family Relations in Times of
Male Unemployment.” Pp. 387–99 in New Approaches to Economic Life;
Economic Restructuring: Unemployment and the Social Division of Labour,
edited by Bryan R. Roberts, Ruth H. Finnegan, and Duncan Gallie. Manchester:
Manchester University Press.
Questioning link between parental unemployment and children’s well-being /
educational attainment (from Ström 2003)  Farran, Dale C., and Lewis H.
Margolis. 1987. “The Family Economic Environment as a Context for Children’s
Development.” Pp. 69–87 in How Children and Adolescents View the World of
Work, edited by John H. Lewko. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Economic hardship  parental stress  inconsistent & arbitrary parenting
 increased child problem behavior  (from Ström 2003) Elder, Glen H., Jr.,
and Avshalom Caspi. 1988. “Economic Stress in Lives: Developmental
Perspectives.” Journal of Social Issues 44 (4): 25–45
Greater health and social problems for unemployed parents and their kids 
(from Ström 2003) Nygaard Christoffersen, Mogens. 1994. “A Follow-Up Study
of Long-Term Effects of Un- employment on Children: Loss of Self-Esteem and
Self-Destructive Behaviour among Adolescents.” Childhood 2 (4): 212–20.
Low social status leading to higher levels of stress  (from Wilkinson & Picket
2009) (1) Berkman L, Glass T. 2000. Social integration, social networks, social
support, and health. In Social Epidemiology, ed. L Berkman, I Kawachi, pp. 137–
73. New York: Oxford Univ. Press; (2) Marmot M. 2004. Status Syndrome: How
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Your Social Standing Directly Affects Your Health and Life Expectancy. London:
Bloomsbury
The economy can affect teenage substance use, with evidence suggesting a
weaker economy can lead to increases in teenage cocaine, marijuana, and
alcohol use. (from Arkes 2009) Arkes, J. (2007). Does the economy affect
teenage drug use? Health Economics, 16, 19–36.
Parental unemployment linked to adolescent depression (from Aslund et al
2007)  Silberg J, Rutter M, Neale M, Eaves L (2001) Genetic moderation of
environ- mental risk for depression and anxiety in adolescent girls. Br J Psychiatry
179:116–121
Mental health is also affected by social assistance programs with the receipt
of benefits being associated with a reduction in depression symptoms. (from
Bolton et al 2009)  Rodriguez E: Keeping the unemployed healthy: the effect of
means-tested and entitlement benefits in Britain, Germany, and the United States.
Am J Public Health 2001, 91:1403-1411.
Parents’ job insecurity affecting children’s work attidues  Barling J, Dupre
KE, Hepburn CG: Effects of parents' job insecurity on children's work beliefs and
attitudes. J Appl Psychol 1998, 83:112-118.
Summary of evidence on impact of economic crises on households, especially
1990s financial crisis in southeast Asia and Mexico, finding evidence of
declines in school enrollment, particularly among poor children during
periods of economic crises (from Duryea et al 2007)  Fallon, Peter R., Lucas,
Robert E.B., 2002. The impact of financial crises on labor markets, household
incomes, and poverty: a review of evidence. The World Bank Research Observer
17 (1), 21–45
Consistent evidence that low-income status is linked with higher levels of
mental health problems, particularly when combined with welfare receipt.
(from Gyamfi et al 2001)  Barnett, R.C. & Marshall, N.C. (1992). Worker and
mother roles, spillover effects, and psychological distress. Women and Health,
18(2), 9-14.U
Involuntary job loss  psychologically stressful for parents  increased
probability of separation / divorce  ineffective parenting  poorer
adjustment in children  poorer performance in school.  (from Kali &
Wightman 2009) Elder, G.H., Nguyen, T., & Caspi, A. (1985). Linking family
hardship to children’s lives. Child Development, 56, 361-375.
Job loss has both immediate and long-term economic effects, including an
increased probability of long-term unemployment and decreased wages (from
Mendenhall et al 2008)  Farber, Henry S. 2005. “What Do We Know about Job
Loss in the United States? Evidence from the Displaced Workers Survey, 19842004.” Economic Perspectives 29(2):13-28.
Analyses of aggregated population data from 1930s onwards demonstrated
correlations between unemployment levels and mortality rates, such as
maternal mortality, infant mortality and deaths from rheumatic heart
disease (from Mathers & Schofield 1998)  Smith R. Unemployment and health:
a disaster and a challenge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.
Displaced workers experience long-lasting reductions in earnings (from
Oreopoulous et al 2007)  Jacobson, Louis S., Robert J. LaLonde, and Daniel G.
Sullivan; “Earnings Losses of Displaced Workers,” The American Economic
Review, Vol. 83, No. 4, September 1993, pp. 685-709.
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U.S. county-level data: Gould, Weinberg, and Mustard (2002) estimate that a
one percentage point increase in the state unemployment rate of non-collegeeducated men increases reported burglary crime by 3.1%. (from Oster &
Agell 2007)  Gould, Eric, Bruce Weinberg, and David Mustard (2002). “Crime
Rates and Local Labor Market Opportunities in the United States: 1979–1997.”
Review of Economics and Statistics, 84, 45–61.
Linking loss of family income directly to child’s school performance (from
Rege et al 2007)  Blau, D.M., 1999, “The Effect of Income on Child
Development”, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 81(2), 261-276.
Classis studies of unemployment during the depression provide evidence that
job loss produces stressful changes in family roles, and loss of hope for the
future. (from Webb & Friedmann 1991) Jahoda, M., Lazarsfeld, R. F., &
Zeisel, H. (1971). Marienthal: The Sociology of an unemployed community.
Chicago: Aldine-Atherton.
B) THE EFFECTS OF RESIDENTIAL INSTABILITY / MOBILITY ON
PARENTS AND CHILDREN’S OUTCOMES:
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Poor neighborhoods leading to diminished educational attainment and other
adolescent outcomes, through lower levels of positive adult socialization and
collective efficacy (from Deluca & Dayton 2009)  Ainsworth JW. 2002. Why
does it take a village? The mediation of neighborhood effects on educational
achievement. Soc. Forces 81(1)117–52 R
HOPE VI housing relocation program, bad outcomes for children (from
Deluca & Dayton 2009) Jacob BA. 2004. Public housing, housing vouchers and
student achievement: evidence from public housing demolitions in Chicago. Am.
Econ. Rev. 94(1):233–58
HOPE VI housing relocation program, good outcomes for children (from
Deluca & Dayton 2009)  Popkin SJ, Cove E. 2007. Safety is the most important
thing: how HOPE VI helped families. Urban Inst. Policy Brief,
http://www.urban.org/publications/311486.html
Safer environments and improving parents’ mental health and child’s wellbeing (from Deluca & Dayton 2009)  Mayer SE. 1997. What Money Can’t
Buy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press
Moving to less poor neighborhoods leading to better schooling for kids (from
Deluca & Dayton 2009)  Ludwig J, Ladd H, Duncan GJ. 2001b. The effects of
urban poverty on educational outcomes: evidence from a randomized experiment.
In Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, ed. W Gale, JR Pack, pp. 147–
201. Washington, DC: Brookings Inst. Press
Chicago School Choice: context change to high achieving school, poor results
(from Deluca & Dayton 2009)  Cullen JB, Jacob BA, Levitt SD. 2006. The
effect of school choice on participants: evidence from randomized lotteries.
Econometrica 74(5):1191–230
(Racial Issues) Foreclosures, subprime lenders and inequality (from Pager &
Shepherd 2008)  Williams RA, Nesiba R, McConnell ED. 2005. The changing
face of inequality in home mortgage lending. Soc. Probl. 52(2):181–208
(Racial Issues) Public education and racial discrimination / inequality (from
Pager & Shepherd 2008)  (1) Massey DS, Denton NA. 1993. American
Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard Univ. Press; (2) Orfield G, Lee C. 2005. Why Segregation Matters:
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Poverty and Educational Inequality. Cambridge, MA: Civil Rights Proj., Harvard
Univ.
Galster & Killen (1995) proposed the term ‘geography of opportunity’ to
refer to the various ways that geography influences individuals’ opportunity
and might even ‘modify the innate and acquired characteristics of
participants, and their ability to plan and sacrifice for the future. Galster &
Killen contend: “our options are limited both by the very real social and
economic conditions of our existence and by the limitations we perceive
regardless of the accuracy of those perceptions.” Authors then posit that
“places may affect individuals’ sense of internal control over the events in
their lives.” (p. 71 of Robenbaum)  Galster, G. & Killen, S. (1995) The
geography of metropolitan opportunity: a reconnaissance and conceptual
framework, Housing Policy Debate, 6(1) , pp. 73–102 .
C) SPILLOVER EFFECTS IN CLASSROOMS AND NEIGHBORHOODS:
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Spillover effects of housing vouchers (from Deluca & Dayton 2009)  Galster
GC, Smith R, Tatian P. 1999. The impact of neighbors who use Section 8
certificates on property values. Hous. Policy Debate 10:879–917
Disruption due to student turnover is a concern under ordinary
circumstances. Hanushek, Kain and Rivkin (2004) report: about a third of all
students in Texas move at least once in elementary and middle school and
these moves adversely affect the academic performance of students in the
receiving schools. (from Imberman et al 2009)  Hanushek, Eric, John Kain,
Jacob Markman, and Steven Rivkin. 2003. “Does Peer Ability Affect Student
Achievement?,” Journal of Applied Econometrics, 18(5): 527-544.