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Title: Does College Enrollment and Bachelor's Completion by Mothers Impact Children's Educational Outcomes?
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Monaghan, David B. |
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Does College Enrollment and Bachelor's Completion by Mothers Impact Children's Educational Outcomes? Sociology of Education 90,1 (January 2017): 3-24. Also: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038040716681054 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): College Degree; College Enrollment; Education, Adult; Educational Attainment; Educational Outcomes; Mothers, Education; Parental Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Today, many undergraduates are themselves raising children. But does college-going by parents improve their offspring's educational attainment? I address this question using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 and linked Children and Young Adults Survey. I first model postnatal college enrollment and bachelor's completion by mothers and use predicted probabilities to minimize selection bias through inverse probability of treatment weighting. I then estimate the impact of maternal college enrollment and attainment on offspring's likelihood of graduating from high school, enrolling in college, and completing a four-year degree. I find sizeable effects of maternal college completion on all outcomes, but the impact of maternal enrollment without completion is considerably muted. I review implications for sociological research and policies to assist nontraditional students. |
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Monaghan, David B. "Does College Enrollment and Bachelor's Completion by Mothers Impact Children's Educational Outcomes?" Sociology of Education 90,1 (January 2017): 3-24.
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