Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in India: The Role of Gender and the Extended Family

Bhaskar Jyoti Neog ()
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Bhaskar Jyoti Neog: IIT Guwahati

The European Journal of Development Research, 2025, vol. 37, issue 4, No 6, 839-859

Abstract: Abstract The paper contributes to the limited literature on multigenerational educational mobility in India. The study utilises data from the India Human Development Survey (2010–11). The study employs Ordinary Least Squares regression models to examine the extended family’s influence on the children’s educational investment. The study finds that grandparental education is positively related to the educational spending on children, net of parental education. However, the analysis finds mixed evidence regarding the nature of grandparental influence. The findings also reveal interesting heterogeneities in the grandparental effect across gender, parental background and family structure. The crucial role of the extended family in influencing children’s educational investment extends beyond the influence of grandparents and includes the significant influence of aunts and uncles. The study concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of such multigenerational effects and their gendered nature.

Keywords: Multigenerational mobility; Inequality; Extended family; Multigenerational co-residence; Education; Gender; C23; I24; J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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