Brown, S. and Taylor, K. (2006) Social Interaction and Intergenerational Skill Transfer. Working Paper. Department of Economics, University of Sheffield ISSN 1749-8368
Abstract
We explore the relationship between educational attainment and social interaction using individual level data from the British National Child Development Study. To be specific, we analyze whether an intergenerational aspect to this relationship exists by examining the relationship between the educational attainment of children and the degree of formal social activity undertaken by their parents. In accordance with the existing literature, our results support a positive association between education and social interaction. Furthermore, our results suggest that children´s scores in reading, mathematics and vocabulary tests are positively associated with the extent of their parents´ formal social interaction. This relationship is robust to controlling for the degree of intra-family based social interaction and the social activities of the child.
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) > Sheffield Economics Research Papers Series |
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Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2009 15:03 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2014 23:19 |
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Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Sheffield |
Identification Number: | Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series 2006013 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:9953 |