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Title: The Effects of Post-Natal Enrollment and Attainment on Children's Educational Attainment
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Monaghan, David B. |
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The Effects of Post-Natal Enrollment and Attainment on Children's Educational Attainment Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Children, Academic Development; College Enrollment; Educational Attainment; Educational Outcomes; Mothers, Education; Parental Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Modern higher education serves a large number students who are themselves already parents. But does college-going by parents have a beneficial impact on their children's educational outcomes? Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 and the NLSY Children and Young Adults Survey, I estimate the impact of maternal college enrollment and bachelor’s completion on already-born children. For a range of educational outcomes, estimated effects of both enrollment and attainment are sizeable. Estimated effects seem to be larger if children were somewhat older when their mother either returned to college or earned a bachelor’s degree. And the impact of post-natal schooling seems to be stronger on female children than on male children. These results strongly suggest that supporting postsecondary enrollment and completion by parents could be a very effective strategy for boosting children's educational outcomes. |
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Monaghan, David B. "The Effects of Post-Natal Enrollment and Attainment on Children's Educational Attainment." Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016. |