Leaving parental home marks one of the main factor in transition to adulthood. This work analyses the determinants in leaving home, focusing on the role of the socio-economical status, and it inspects the causal effect between an occupational shock of a parent and the decision of leaving home by the son/daughter. Using panel data from RCFL (ISTAT, 2012-2020), the first question is addressed with a probit model, whereas the second with a Difference in Differences model combined with a propensity score matching. The effect of the socio-economical status is maximum between the age of 18 and 20, this diminishes progressively, losing statistical significance near 37 years old. The maternal shock is associated with an increase on the probability of leaving home of about 3%, whereas the paternal shock, or the more general at least one parent loses his/her job, didn’t show a significant effect. However, the maternal result isn’t robust: when an omitted variable is inserted it might invalidate the estimates. So, the results suggest that the origin family might influence the exit through two channels: the available resources which ease the autonomy and the negative shock which seem to accelerate it.
L’uscita dalla famiglia d’origine rappresenta uno dei principali indicatori della transizione all’età adulta. Il presente lavoro analizza le determinanti dell’uscita dalla famiglia, con un focus sul ruolo dello status socio-economico, e indaga il nesso causale tra la perdita del lavoro di un genitore e la decisione di uscita del figlio. Utilizzando i dati longitudinali della RCFL (ISTAT, 2012-2020), la prima domanda di ricerca viene affrontata tramite un modello probit, mentre la seconda attraverso Difference-in-Differences combinato con un propensity score matching. L’effetto dello status socio-economico si rivela massimo tra i 18 e i 20 anni per poi attenuarsi progressivamente. La perdita del lavoro materno è associata un aumento di circa 3 punti percentuali nella probabilità di uscita del figlio, mentre lo shock paterno, o quello associato alla perdita di almeno uno dei due genitori, non mostra un effetto significativo. Tuttavia, il risultato materno non è robusto: l’inserimento di un confondente, anche debole, potrebbe invalidare le stime. I risultati, quindi, suggeriscono che la famiglia d’origine influenzi l’uscita attraverso due canali: le risorse disponibili, che facilitano l’autonomia, e gli shock negativi, che sembrano accelerarla.
Transizione all'età adulta. Evidenze dall'indagine RCFL
MAURO, CHIARA
2025/2026
Abstract
Leaving parental home marks one of the main factor in transition to adulthood. This work analyses the determinants in leaving home, focusing on the role of the socio-economical status, and it inspects the causal effect between an occupational shock of a parent and the decision of leaving home by the son/daughter. Using panel data from RCFL (ISTAT, 2012-2020), the first question is addressed with a probit model, whereas the second with a Difference in Differences model combined with a propensity score matching. The effect of the socio-economical status is maximum between the age of 18 and 20, this diminishes progressively, losing statistical significance near 37 years old. The maternal shock is associated with an increase on the probability of leaving home of about 3%, whereas the paternal shock, or the more general at least one parent loses his/her job, didn’t show a significant effect. However, the maternal result isn’t robust: when an omitted variable is inserted it might invalidate the estimates. So, the results suggest that the origin family might influence the exit through two channels: the available resources which ease the autonomy and the negative shock which seem to accelerate it.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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