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Class Origin and Young Adults' Re-Enrollment
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Abstract This paper examines re-enrollment decisions taken by adults who have previously participated in the labor market in the US. We investigate the influence of social origin on re-enrollment and test hypotheses based on the "status reproduction" argument. We find that young adults from the lower classes... mehr
This paper examines re-enrollment decisions taken by adults who have previously participated in the labor market in the US. We investigate the influence of social origin on re-enrollment and test hypotheses based on the "status reproduction" argument. We find that young adults from the lower classes re-enroll less often than those from the upper classes and that these differences can be attributed to a large extend to different ability or performance. Beyond the effects of social origin as such, we also scrutinize the effects of the child's class position relative to family status as a more direct implication of the "status reproduction" argument. Our analyses reveal that once young adults from higher status positions have reached their parents' class, re-enrollment is somewhat less likely to occur. However, this effect of the child's relative class to the parents' is rather weak.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Arbeitsmarkt; soziale Herkunft; Intergenerationenmobilität; junger Erwachsener; Hochschulbildung; Familie; sozialer Status; USA; Kind; Eltern; Oberschicht; Familienangehöriger
Klassifikation
Arbeitsmarktforschung
Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2011
Seitenangabe
S. 415-426
Zeitschriftentitel
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29 (2011) 4
ISSN
0276-5624
Status
Preprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung