The effect of grandparents' economic, cultural, and social capital on grandchildren's educational success
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The effect of grandparents' economic, cultural, and social capital on grandchildren's educational success. / Møllegaard, Stine; Jæger, Mads Meier.
In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Vol. 42, 01.12.2015, p. 11-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The effect of grandparents' economic, cultural, and social capital on grandchildren's educational success
AU - Møllegaard, Stine
AU - Jæger, Mads Meier
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - This paper analyzes the effects of grandparents' economic, cultural, and social capital on grandchildren's educational success. We analyze data from Denmark and hypothesize that grandparents' economic capital should be of little importance in the Scandinavian context, while their cultural and social capital should be relatively more important. Our results partly confirm these hypotheses since, after controlling for parents' capital, we find that grandparents' cultural capital (but not their economic and social capital) has a positive effect on the likelihood that grandchildren choose the academic track in upper secondary education over all other tracks. These results suggest, at least in the Scandinavian context, that the ways in which grandparents affect grandchildren's educational success is via transmission of non-economic resources.
AB - This paper analyzes the effects of grandparents' economic, cultural, and social capital on grandchildren's educational success. We analyze data from Denmark and hypothesize that grandparents' economic capital should be of little importance in the Scandinavian context, while their cultural and social capital should be relatively more important. Our results partly confirm these hypotheses since, after controlling for parents' capital, we find that grandparents' cultural capital (but not their economic and social capital) has a positive effect on the likelihood that grandchildren choose the academic track in upper secondary education over all other tracks. These results suggest, at least in the Scandinavian context, that the ways in which grandparents affect grandchildren's educational success is via transmission of non-economic resources.
KW - Cultural capital
KW - Economic capital
KW - Educational success
KW - Multigenerational effects
KW - Social capital
U2 - 10.1016/j.rssm.2015.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.rssm.2015.06.004
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 11
EP - 19
JO - Publishers Weekly
JF - Publishers Weekly
SN - 0000-0019
ER -
ID: 213501392