 An Inter-Generational Effect of Socio-Economic Status on Education Attainment in South AfricaThendo M Ratshivhanda and Sevias Guvuriro Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 252-261 Abstract: Higher socio-economic status (SES) empowers an individual to have more access to a variety of materials relevant to achievements in life than would otherwise be possible. In theory, a child’s educational attainment can be influenced by hereditary and ecological variables; parents’ achievements are prompting children to achieve, or a deliberate investment that parents undertake in their children’s welfare, all suggestive of inter-generational effect in the process. A parent’s SES may therefore play a significant role in the child’s achievements. This paper attempts to determine the relationship between a parent’s SES and a child’s educational attainment and uses South African data collected at the national level. Employing descriptive statistics and OLS regressions, an inter-generational effect of parental SES positively influencing a child’s educational attainment is established. The finding supports policies promoting education as a fundamental poverty and inequality fighting mechanism in South Africa. Date: 2018 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rnd:arjebs:v:10:y:2018:i:4:p:252-261 DOI: 10.22610/jebs.v10i4(J).2425 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies from AMH International |
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