Crossover effects of parental unemployment on subjective wellbeing of children attract growing attention in research on social inequalities. Recent economic crises call for identifying policies that mitigate the adverse effects of unemployment. Building on the theoretical insights from Capability Approach, we examine the relationship between parental unemployment and subjective wellbeing of adolescents across countries with different educational policies. We use multilevel modelling and data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We combine microdata on 45,992 adolescents in 32 countries with macro-level indicators of educational policies. We find that parental unemployment is associated with lower subjective wellbeing among adolescents, but the magnitude of this association varies depending on access to financial support for participation in education. Adolescents who receive educational allowances and who live in countries with broader access to such support are less harmed by parental unemployment.

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父母失业与青少年主观幸福感——教育政策的调节作用

父母失业对儿童主观幸福感的交叉影响在社会不平等研究中引起了越来越多的关注。最近的经济危机要求制定减轻失业不利影响的政策。基于能力方法的理论见解，我们研究了不同教育政策国家父母失业与青少年主观幸福感之间的关系。我们使用来自欧盟收入和生活条件统计 (EU-SILC) 的多层次模型和数据。我们将 32 个国家 45,992 名青少年的微观数据与教育政策的宏观指标结合起来。我们发现父母失业与青少年主观幸福感较低有关，但这种关联的程度取决于参与教育获得财政支持的情况。接受教育津贴并生活在能更广泛地获得此类支持的国家的青少年受到父母失业的伤害较小。