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The transition to tertiary education and parental background over time

Author(s) -

Regina T. Riphahn,

Florian Schieferdecker

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of population economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.894

H-Index - 71

eISSN - 1432-1475

pISSN - 0933-1433

DOI - 10.1007/s00148-010-0347-3

Subject(s) - higher education , tertiary level , social policy , transition (genetics) , demographic economics , demography , psychology , socioeconomics , sociology , political science , economic growth , economics , mathematics education , biology , biochemistry , law , gene

We analyze the role of parental background for transitions to tertiary education in Germany and answer three questions: (a) does the relevance of parental background shift from short-term (contemporary income) to long factors (ability, parental education) at higher levels of education? (b) Did the impact of parental background on participation in tertiary education change over time? (c) Are there different patterns by sex and region? Parental income significantly affects transitions to tertiary education. Its impact seems to have lost magnitude over time. We find no clear differences by sex and larger parental income effects in West than in East Germany.

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