Ethnic capital and intergenerational transmission of educational attainment.

Autor/in	Postepska, Agnieszka
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Ethnic capital and intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Ethnisches Kapital und intergenerationelle Übertragung des Bildungsniveaus.
Quelle	Bonn (2017), 22 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 10851
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildungsmobilität; Bildungsniveau; Soziale Beziehung; Soziale Mobilität; Generationenbeziehung; Interkultureller Faktor; Sozialer Aufstieg; Geschlechtsspezifik; Ethnische Gruppe; USA
Abstract	"This paper studies the role of ethnicity in the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. Relying on heteroscedasticity to identify parameters in the presence of endogenous regressors, I revisit Borjas ethnic capital hypothesis. I find evidence that the OLS estimates of the effect of ethnic capital on intergenerational transmission of education are biased upwards due to the transfer of unobserved ability. I find that while the role of parental capital has declined over time, ethnic capital has a relatively constant effect on intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. I also find that only women benefit from the quality of the ethnic environment and that the intergenerational transfer of ethnic capital is most prevalent in communities with strong ties measured with endogamy rates." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/4