Family background and gender differences in educational expectations

Kleinjans, Kristin J.

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.002

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“…that fathers' education is more important for the educational achievement of sons and, similarly, mother's education is more relevant for daughters' educational outcomes (e.g. Dearden, Machin, and Reed, 1997;Heineck and Riphahn, 2009;Kleinjans, 2010).…”

Section: Differences By Child Gender?mentioning

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Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice

Wölfel

Heineck

2012

Economics of Education Review

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science. Terms of use: Documents inThe decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly. Oliver Wölfel Institute for Employment Research (IAB) AbstractIt is well known that individuals' risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in Germany where tracking occurs at age ten and has a strong binding character. Our results indicate no consistent patterns for paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary school. JEL Classification: I21, J24

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Section: Differences By Child Gender?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice

Wölfel

Heineck

2012

Economics of Education Review

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“…The literature provides evidence that preferences are shaped by family background. Using data from Denmark, Kleinjans (2010) finds that family background explains the children's educational expectations. Both daughters and sons have higher educational expectations when their parents have higher education.…”

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Are We Architects of Our Own Happiness? The Importance of Family Background for Well-Being

Schnitzlein

Wunder

2014

SSRN Journal

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This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or well-being). We estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in self-reported life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We find high sibling correlations for all measures of well-being. The results suggest that family background explains, on average, between 30% and 60% of the inequality in permanent well-being. The influence is smaller when the siblings' psychological and geographical distance from their parental home is larger. Results from intergenerational correlations suggest that parental characteristics are considerably less important than family and community factors.Keywords: subjective well-being, family background, intergenerational mobilityWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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“…Risk aversion accounts for the search for a safe job (see, e.g., DeLeire and Levy (2004), Grazier and Sloane (2008), Antecol and CobbClark (2010)). Furthermore, women dislike competition more than men, which partly explains gender segregation in occupational fields (see Kleinjans (2010), Fossen (2012)). Boehm and Riedel (2012) find also that risk-averse individuals are more likely to pursue civil service, even if intrinsic motivation for these occupations is low.…”

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“…Remarkably, the analysis of occupational choice has received rather little attention in the economic literature so far. Notable exceptions are papers that investigate the impact of labour market conditions and individual characteristics, such as gender, on occupational choice (see, e.g., Robertson andSymons (1990), Drost (2002), Sookram and Strobl (2009) and Kleinjans (2010)). To ensure the stability of family-owned businesses, for example, parents may want their children to choose vocational training that enables them to take over the family business later in life.…”

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He's a Chip Off the Old Block – The Persistency of Occupational Choices Among Generations

2013

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The purpose of this paper is to assess if parents exert an influence on the occupation choices of their children. Using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), we find a high persistency of occupational decisions across fathers and children using nested and conditional logit models. To separate effects related to genetic factors (nature) and parental education or role models (nurture), we determine the persistency separately for children who grew up with their biological fathers and for those who did not. Our results suggest that especially nurture plays a decisive role in explaining the choice of one's occupation.JEL classification: J24, J62

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Family background and gender differences in educational expectations

Cited by 34 publications

References 4 publications

Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice

Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice

Are We Architects of Our Own Happiness? The Importance of Family Background for Well-Being

He's a Chip Off the Old Block – The Persistency of Occupational Choices Among Generations

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