College Schooling for Grandchildren and Contact with Grandparents

Linda Loury

No 757, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University from Department of Economics, Tufts University

Abstract: Previous work on social interactions analyzed the effects of nuclear family, peer, school, and neighborhood characteristics. This is the first paper showing that, independent of unobserved parent's characteristics, higher years of grandparents' schooling increase college attendance rates for grandchildren. The paper implies that background effects are more pervasive and longer-lasting than previously believed. It also suggests that some policies aimed at reducing inequality may be less effective than initially hypothesized.

Date: 2010
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