In the Footsteps of Siblings: College Attendance Disparities and the Intragenerational Transmission of Educational Advantage

Autor/in	Smith, Christian Michael
Titel	In the Footsteps of Siblings: College Attendance Disparities and the Intragenerational Transmission of Educational Advantage
Quelle	6 (2020), S.1-14 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Smith, Christian Michael) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	College Attendance; Siblings; Educational Attainment; Social Capital; Parent Background; Probability; Socioeconomic Status; Geographic Location; Family Income; Parents; Employment Level; Grade Point Average; Honors Curriculum; Urban Areas; Rural Areas; Suburbs; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Family Structure; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Religion; Academic Achievement; Student Behavior; Study Habits; Homework; First Generation College Students; High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Sibling; Geschwister; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sozialkapital; Elternhaus; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Familieneinkommen; Eltern; Beschäftigungsgrad; Urban area; Stadtregion; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Einzugsbereich; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienstand; Schulleistung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Hausaufgabe
Abstract	Studies in social stratification have used siblings as a tool to learn about the intergenerational transmission of advantage but less often have asked how siblings impact one another's life chances. The author draws on social capital theory and hypothesizes that when youths attend college, they increase the probability that their siblings attend college. The author further hypothesizes that this effect is strongest among youths whose parents do not have college degrees. Findings from a U.S. national probability sample support both hypotheses. Although it is possible that confounding factors drive the estimates, the author conducts robustness checks that show that confounding would need to be very atypically strong to invalidate a causal interpretation. The positive main effect suggests that an intragenerational transmission of educational advantage exists alongside the intergenerational transmission that receives more attention. Effect heterogeneity points to the potential redundancy of college-educated siblings' benefits when youths already receive similar benefits from college-educated parents. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01