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Title: Industrial Composition and Intergenerational Educational Mobility
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Whitaker, Stephan D. |
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Industrial Composition and Intergenerational Educational Mobility Education Economics published online (20 April 2022): DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2022.2061427. Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09645292.2022.2061427 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Industrial Classification; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility; Parental Influences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY), this article examines the influence of a region's industrial composition on the educational attainment of children raised by parents who do not have college degrees. The NLSY's geo-coded panel allows for precise measurements of the local industries that shaped the parents' employment opportunities and the labor market that the children directly observed. For cohorts finishing school in the 1990s and early 2000s, concentrations of manufacturing are positively associated with both high school and college attainment. Concentrations of college-degree-intensive industries are positively associated with college attainment. I investigate several potential mechanisms that could relate the industrial composition to educational attainment, including returns to education, opportunity costs, parental inputs, community resources, and information. |
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Whitaker, Stephan D. "Industrial Composition and Intergenerational Educational Mobility." Education Economics published online (20 April 2022): DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2022.2061427.
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