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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
intergenerational mobility; social background; family member; young adult; upper class; family; child; university level of education; parents; United States of America; social status; labor market
Classification
Labor Market Research
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 415-426
Journal
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29 (2011) 4
ISSN
0276-5624
Status
Preprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications