The Effect of Parents’ Schooling and Employment Status on the Educational Attainment of Children

Cem Baslevent

No 3891, EcoMod2012 from EcoMod

Abstract: To investigate the inter-generational links in educational attainment across Multiple regression with interaction terms to allow for gender differences at both generations.-Parents’ schooling is positively associated with the child’s educational attainment -The father’s employment has a larger positive effect for girls, and the mother’s employment has a negative effect only for boys. -In comparison to having a non-employed parent, the absence of a parent also has a significant effect on attainment which is positive in the case of absent fathers, but negative for mothers.

Keywords: twenty-nine European countries; Labor market issues; Sectoral issues (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07-01
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