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Family Matters

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  • Ermisch, John F
  • Francesconi, Marco

Abstract

The analysis uses a unique set of data matching mothers and their young adult children to study the impact of family background on young people’s educational attainments. The data is derived from the first five years (1991–5) of the British Household Panel Study. Mother’s education is found to be a very powerful predictor of their children’s educational attainments, particularly for young women. Having spent some time in a single-parent family tends to reduce the educational attainments of young men moderately, but the effects on young women’s education are small. Part, if not all, of this negative effect of living in a single-parent family reflects fewer economic resources in such families.

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  • Ermisch, John F & Francesconi, Marco, 1997. "Family Matters," CEPR Discussion Papers 1591, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:1591
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    Keywords

    Education; Family Structure; Human Capital; Intergenerational processes;
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    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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