It's not all about parents' education, it also matters what they do. Parents' employment and children's school success in Germany

Malte Hoffmann and Christina Boll

VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

Abstract: In this paper, we use GSOEP data to explore whether parents employment has an extra effect on the school achievement of their children, beyond the well-established effects of education, income and demography. First, we test whether the source of income or parents unemployment determine children s school achievements. Second, we analyze the effect of job prestige and factors of societal engagement on children s performance. Our results indicate no clear income associations but the existence of an employment channel as well as a social channel from mothers to their kids. A negative role model for girls is found for maternal housework. Moreover, the fathers job prestige is substantial.

JEL-codes: D13 J22 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: It's Not All about Parents' Education, It Also Matters What They Do: Parents' Employment and Children's School Success in Germany (2015)
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