Gender in intergenerational educational persistence across time and place

Abstract

Primarily using data from the 2010 European Social Survey, we analyze intergenerational educational persistence in 20 European countries, studying cross-country and cross-cluster differences; changes in the degree of intergenerational persistence over time; and the role of gender in determining educational persistence across generations. We find that persistence is highest in the Southern and Eastern European countries, and lowest in the Nordic countries. While persistence in the Nordic and Southern countries has declined over time, it has remained relatively steady in the rest of Europe. Our analysis highlights the importance of a detailed gender analysis in studying intergenerational persistence, finding that mothers' education is a stronger determinant of daughters' (instead of sons') education and fathers' education a stronger determinant of the education of their sons. For most clusters, declines in intergenerational persistence over time are largely driven by increasing mobility for younger women.JEL Classifications: J62, I24, I38, D63

The Gender Wealth Gap Across European Countries

“…Second, the literature typically finds a gender gap in financial literacy (Lusardi and Mitchell, ; Barasinska and Schäfer, ), which could affect the gender wealth gap. The gender implications of other factors impacting the rate of return, such as the distribution of capital income from wealth including imputed rents (Fessler et al ., ), differential returns which increase with the level of wealth (Piketty, ), and intergenerational persistence in educational attainment (Schneebaum et al ., ) are fruitful avenues for future research.…”

Is There a Case for Intergenerational Transmission of Female Labour Force Participation and Educational Attainment? Evidence From Greece During The Crisis

“…Although the intergenerational transmission of maternal gender role attitudes towards female labour force participation has received rather limited attention, the intergenerational transmission of human capital accumulation has been scrutinized (Azam and Bhatt, ; Blanden, ; Chevalier et al ., ; Del Bello et al ., ; Fessler et al ., ; Holmlund et al ., ; Schneebaum et al ., ).…”

“…The intergenerational transmission of labour market outcomes is well‐documented in the literature for European countries, and most of the studies focus on either educational attainment or labour force participation. Yet, there is only limited evidence on the intergenerational transmission of educational outcomes in Greece (Daouli et al ., ; Schneebaum et al ., ). Daouli et al .…”

“…Schneebaum et al . () analyse the intergenerational educational persistence in Greece and 19 other European countries and report high educational persistence for most Southern European countries, whereas relatively lower persistence for Greece. However, the examination of the intergenerational transmission of Greek female labour force participation is missing so far in the literature.…”

The educational and labor market returns to preschool attendance in Austria

“…Thus, preschool can be decisive for many later outcomes. Moreover, Austria has one of the lowest rates of intergenerational education mobility across Europe (Schneebaum, Rumplmaier, and Altzinger 2015). Here, too, preschool can be decisive in helping children to reach educational and economic achievements beyond what their parents had achieved.…”