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The Risk of Downward Mobility in Educational Attainment : Children of Higher-Educated Parents in Germany

By Sophie Hahn (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-658-14597-2, 978-3-658-14598-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-14598-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4655642 bytes)
Series
Life Course Research
Edition
1
Pages
XV, 199\206
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Social InequalitySociology of Education;Social Structure

Description

Sophie Hahn analyses downward mobility in educational attainment from a sociological life-course perspective. In order to avoid status loss children of higher-educated parents have to persevere through long educational careers. How large is their risk of intergenerational downward mobility in educational attainment and how does it shape their educational pathways? Does their parents’ education still play a role in decisions at late stages of the educational career such as dropping out of and re-entering higher education? Drawing on retrospective longitudinal data of the German National Education Panel Study (NEPS) this book addresses these questions.

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