Does parental employment affect children's educational attainment?

Hörisch, Hannah (26. Februar 2008): Does parental employment affect children's educational attainment? Evidence from Germany. Münchener Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beiträge (VWL) 2008-5

Abstract

This paper analyzes whether there exists a causal relationship between parental employment and children's educational attainment. We address potential endogeneity problems due to (i) selection of parents in the labor market by estimating a model on sibling differences and (ii) reverse causality by focusing on parents' employment when children are aged 0-3. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel. Overall, we find little support that parental employment affects children's educational attainment. We can rule out that having a mother who works one hour more per week lowers the probability of high secondary track attendance by more than 0.1%.

• Dokumententyp: Paper
• Keywords: sibling differences, educational attainment, child care
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft ; Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics ; Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Wirtschaftspolitik ; Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Statistische Methoden ; Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > Seminar für Wirtschaftstheorie
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• JEL Classification: C20, I21, J13
• Sprache: Englisch

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