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Title: All in the Extended Family: Effects of Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles on Educational Attainment
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Loury, Linda Datcher |
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All in the Extended Family: Effects of Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles on Educational Attainment American Economic Review 96,2 (May 2006): pp. 275-278. Also: http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/000282806777212099 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Economic Association Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Educational Attainment; Family Influences; Grandparents; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper shows that older extended family members--aunts, uncles, and grandparents--independently affect the schooling of their younger relatives. This finding can shed light in many areas. For example, gender differences in relationships with extended family members may partly explain schooling differences among siblings. Extended family members may also account for intergenerational influences not directly tied to observed nuclear family characteristics. In the policy arena, countervailing extended family influences may lower achievement gains from programs that move adolescents to more advantageous neighborhoods and schools. On the other hand, if extended family members can improve adolescent choices, nonparent adult mentors in programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters may also provide effective guidance for teens. |
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Loury, Linda Datcher. "All in the Extended Family: Effects of Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles on Educational Attainment." American Economic Review 96,2 (May 2006): pp. 275-278.
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