Does parental employment affect children's educational attainment? Evidence from Germany

Arbeitspapier

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%.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Munich Discussion Paper ; No. 2008-5

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General ; Analysis of Education ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
• Thema: sibling differences ; educational attainment ; child care ; Eltern ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Kinder ; Bildungsniveau ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Hörisch, Hannah
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
• (wo): München
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.2140
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/104264
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-2140-9
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ