Single motherhood and (un)equal educational opportunities: Evidence for Germany

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We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using 12-year-old children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In line with previous studies for the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden, we find a negative correlation between single motherhood and children's educational attainment. Looking for alternative explanations for this correlation, we use probit regression models to control for factors related to single motherhood such as higher educational background, lower household income and higher labor supply of the mother. Our evidence suggests that single motherhood reduces school attainment mainly because it is associated with lower resources (household income) available for the child.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 0512

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
• Thema: school choice ; educational attainment ; binary response model ; German Socio-Economic Panel ; Bildungsniveau ; Alleinerziehende ; Kinder ; Bildungschancen ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Mahler, Philippe ; Winkelmann, Rainer
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute
• (wo): Zurich
• (wann): 2005

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/76208
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ