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Title: Daughters as Safety Net? Family Responses to Parental Employment Shocks: Evidence from Alcohol Prohibition

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Publication Year: 2024

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Abstract: We study the impact of Federal alcohol Prohibition in 1919 on workers in the alcohol industry and their families using newly linked census records that allow us to follow spouses, sons and daughters. Immediately after Prohibition, men previously working in alcohol-related industries were less likely to be in the labor force, and when working, employed in lower skilled occupations. By 1940, 21 years after Prohibition, workers were still more likely to be in unskilled occupations, but they were more likely to be employed, consistent with delayed retirement. In the short run, sons are largely unaffected but in the long run, they complete slightly more schooling and earn more. Interestingly, daughters were more likely to

Url: https://seperez.faculty.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2024/11/Prohibition-October-30-2024.pdf

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Authors: Aizer, Anna; Grafton, Gabrielle; Pérez, Santiago

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Topics: Gender, Work, Family, and Time

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