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Kim, Kyung-Nyun |
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Formation of Educational Expectations of Lower Socioeconomic Status Children Education and Urban Society 46,3 (May 2014): 352-376. Also: http://eus.sagepub.com/content/46/3/352.abstract Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Educational Aspirations/Expectations; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers, Education; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) (see Self-Esteem); Self-Esteem Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediation effects of children’s cognitive and noncognitive traits on the relationship between dropout mothers’ traits and their children’s educational expectations and to examine the interaction effects of dropout mothers’ General Education Development (GED) on children’s traits and educational expectations. The data were drawn from a series of National Longitudinal Survey Data. This study demonstrated the effect of mothers’ self-esteem on children’s educational expectations, which were mediated through children’s cognitive ability and self-esteem after controlling for the mothers’ cognitive ability, self-esteem, and socioeconomic status. Furthermore, mothers’ GED attainment moderated the relationship between children’s self-esteem and educational expectations. These findings provide better understanding of the intergenerational connections between cognitive and noncognitive traits and educational expectations. |
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Kim, Kyung-Nyun. "Formation of Educational Expectations of Lower Socioeconomic Status Children." Education and Urban Society 46,3 (May 2014): 352-376.
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Kim, Kyung-Nyun |
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Occupational Constraints and Opportunities Faced by School Dropouts Education and Urban Society 47,4 (June 2015): 391-411. Also: http://eus.sagepub.com/content/47/4/391.abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Dropouts; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Occupational Attainment; Occupational Status; Racial Differences; Vocational Training; Work Experience Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigated the relation between building human capital of former dropouts and their occupational standing and the interaction effects with individual characteristics. By applying the growth curve model, this study highlighted the factors that lead high school dropouts to enhance their occupational standing. An increment in the work experience limitedly improved the occupational standing of dropout workers. The acquisition of a vocational certificate pushed dropout workers further toward higher occupational standing but engendered more benefits to female workers than to male workers. The benefit of a vocational certificate accrued to Whites, thereby increasing the racial disparities with Hispanics. The association between work experience and occupational standing did not depend on the demographic characteristics, indicating the presence of social constraints. Parental education level did not affect dropout workers in their acquisition of a higher occupational standing. Work experience was also not a mechanism for dropout workers to obtain better occupation and therefore, other policy interventions should be considered. Dropout workers need to be redirected toward a hidden credential, such as a vocational certificate instead of the General Educational Development test. |
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Bibliography Citation
Kim, Kyung-Nyun. "Occupational Constraints and Opportunities Faced by School Dropouts." Education and Urban Society 47,4 (June 2015): 391-411.
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