Mothers, fathers and daughters: Intergenerational transmission of education in Greece

Daouli, Joan; Demoussis, Michael; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.02.006

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“…In order to obtain further evidence on the gender issue, and to control for assortative mating and check for robustness of our results, we conduct multivariate ordered logit estimations, 13 similar to the method employed by Philipp Bauer and Regina T. Riphahn (2007) and Joan Daouli, Michael Demoussis, and Nicholas Giannakopoulos (2010). The different levels of educational attainment of the descendants split by gender are the dependent variables, while educational attainment of the fathers and mothers along with the age of the descendant are the independent variables.…”

Section: Multivariate Analysis -Ordered Logitmentioning

confidence: 98%

Gender and Educational Attainment Across Generations in Austria

Fessler

Schneebaum

2012

Feminist Economics

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In many societies, children's educational attainment is heavily dependent on their parents' education; but that result can differ by the gender of both the parents and the child. Using a Markovian approach, along with uni-and multivariate econometric techniques, this study employs the Austrian Household Survey on Housing Wealth to show strong persistence in educational attainment that differs according to the gender of the parent and child. In Austria, the difference between women's and men's educational attainment has been shrinking over time while educational mobility for both genders has increased. This study finds that controlling for changes in the distribution of educational attainment over time, the relevance of a father's education is generally higher than that of a mother's. Further, Austrian mothers' and fathers' same-gender relationships to their children are stronger than crossgender relationships of intergenerational educational transmission. These patterns clearly document the importance of gender for analyses of the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment.

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Section: Multivariate Analysis -Ordered Logitmentioning

confidence: 98%

Gender and Educational Attainment Across Generations in Austria

Fessler

Schneebaum

2012

Feminist Economics

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“…In order to compare between the educational influence of mothers versus fathers and to check for robustness of results, we conduct a multivariate ordered logit estimation, as did for example Bauer et al (2004) or Daouli et al (2008). Educational attainment of the descendant is the dependent variable and educational attainment of the fathers and mothers as well as a gender dummy for the descendant equaling one for females are the independent variables.…”

Section: Multivariate Analysis-ordered Logitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in Austria

2011

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Up to now, there exist several studies documenting the educational expansion in Austria in the 20th century but only few studies measureing the degree of persistence of educational attainment over generations. Furthermore, for Austria there are no internationally comparable persistence-measures of educational attainment available. This study aims to fill this gap and delivers key-measures for intergenerational persistence of educational attainment. The Austrian Household Survey on Housing Wealth includes information on socioeconomic characteristics of respondents and their parents. The results demonstrate strong persistence in educational attainment in Austria. Using uni-as well as multivariate econometric techniques and a Markovian approach we show that educational persistence decreased over time. Overall, Austria ranks third in terms of intergenerational educational attainment persistence among a number of european countries and the US. Our results therefore allow to question the significance of meritocratic values and equal opportunity for educational advancement in the Austrian society compared to other European countries and the USA.STATA was used for all calculations. Furthermore the user written STATA programme matrxmob by Phillipe van Kerm was used for some calculations.

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“…Further among the blacks females have higher intergenerational education mobility than males and the poor have the lowest intergenerational educational mobility. Daouli et al (2010) investigate the intergenerational educational mobility in Greece for daughters using conventional methods of transition matrices and intergenerational educational coefficients as well as probit model estimates. Their results indicate substantial intergenerational educational mobility in Greece.…”

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Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Turkey

Tansel

2015

SSRN Journal

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This paper aims to provide information on intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey over the last century (at least ovet the last 65 years). This is the first study explicitly on providing the association between parents' and children's education in Turkey over time unlike the previous studies of one point in time. Given the absence of longitudinal data, we make use of a unique data set on educational outcomes based on children recall of parental education. The data used is the result of Adult Education Survey of 2007. Several findings emerge from the analysis. First of all, children's and parents' educational outcomes are correlated. The intergenerational educational coefficient of the mothers is somewhat larger than that of the fathers. The intergenerational educational coefficients of both the mothers and the fathers decrease over the cohorts implying that intergenerational educational mobility increased significantly for the younger generations of children in Turkey. The chances of attaining a university degree for the children increases as fathers' completed schooling level increases. Men's chances of attaining high school or university education are substantially higher than that of women's. The association between parent and child education is stronger when parent educational background is poor. The results imply that the policy makes should focus on children with poor parental educational background and on women. *This paper is written during my visit at

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Mothers, fathers and daughters: Intergenerational transmission of education in Greece

Cited by 51 publications

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Gender and Educational Attainment Across Generations in Austria

Gender and Educational Attainment Across Generations in Austria

Intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in Austria

Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Turkey

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