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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 769-783 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of marriage and family |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Educational attainment depends on parents' material and cultural resources. In many families, the grandparents also provide resources that directly or indirectly support their children's educational careers. That is why we applied a multigenerational view and tested if and under which conditions the resources of grandparents are relevant for the educational outcomes of their grandchildren. Using data from the fifth wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (N = 27,447), we examined the association between the education of children and the resources of their grandparents. The results show that the impact of grandparental resources is not generally negligible and not entirely mediated by the parental generation. The resources of the grandparents can be used as a substitute for a lack of parental resources. In addition, the “grandparent effect” also differs across countries, indicating that certain welfare state provisions seem to enhance or attenuate the relevance of grandparents' resources.
Keywords
- education, grandparents, inequality, intergenerational
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Anthropology
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Social Sciences(all)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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In: Journal of marriage and family, Vol. 79, No. 3, 06.2017, p. 769-783.
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T1 - Resources of Grandparents
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AU - Deindl, Christian
AU - Tieben, Nicole
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 National Council on Family Relations
PY - 2017/6
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