From parents to children: the impact of mothers' and fathers' educational attainments on those of their sons and daughters in West Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Minello, Alessandra; Blossfeld, Hans-Peter
Titel	From parents to children: the impact of mothers' and fathers' educational attainments on those of their sons and daughters in West Germany.
Quelle	In: British journal of sociology of education, 38 (2016) 1, S. 687-704Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692; 1465-3346
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2016.1150156
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Panel; Bildungsmobilität; Bildungsniveau; Soziale Mobilität; Generation; Mutter; Sohn; Tochter; Vater; Bildung; Mobilität; Mutter; Tochter; Vater; Soziale Mobilität; Bildungsniveau; Generation; Panel; Sohn; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsabschluss; Mobilität; NEPS (National Educational Panel Study)
Abstract	Empirical studies have repeatedly shown that in Germany educational success still strongly depends on the social origin of individuals. Using the National Educational Panel Study, we analyse the effects of fathers' and mothers' education levels on their sons' and daughters' educational attainments across three successive birth cohorts in West Germany. We calculate the predicted probabilities of reaching low, medium or high education levels on the basis of the level of education of the mothers and the fathers. Our results show: a persistence of the status maintenance model, with very few exceptions; a growth in the educational level of women via medium-level education connected to segregation in the labour market; and finally that the first transition of girls to medium-level education has been completed, leaving space for daughters to attempt to outnumber sons in tertiary education, mainly due to the pressure of mothers. (Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2020/3