The role of parental education and income in children’s aspirations for higher education: a causal estimation

Publication type

Research Paper

Series Number

2015-20

Series

Life Course Centre Working Paper Series

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Publication date

September 15, 2015

Summary:

We evaluate the impact of parental education and household income on 10 to 15 year olds’ aspirations for higher education. OLS estimates reveal no maternal education effects but positive paternal education and household income effects. IV estimates of the model, which simultaneously account for endogeneity in parental education and household income, find no significant effects of household income on children’s aspirations for higher education but positive, even though very imprecisely identified, paternal education effects.

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http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:369889

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