At Which Age is Education the Great Equalizer? A causal mediation analysis of the (in-)direct effects of social origin over the life course.

Autor/inn/en	Kratz, Fabian; Pettinger, Bettina; Grätz, Michael
Titel	At Which Age is Education the Great Equalizer? A causal mediation analysis of the (in-)direct effects of social origin over the life course.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 38 (2022) 6, S. 866-881Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcac018
Schlagwörter	Bildungserfolg; Bildungschance; Eltern; Gerechtigkeit; Sozialer Einfluss; Analyse; Herkunft; Studie
Abstract	The mechanisms linking parental resources to their children's opportunities are of fundamental interest to sociologists. This study is the first to provide a dynamic life course assessment of the origin-education-destination triangle using causal mediation analysis. While the age-as-equalizer hypothesis suggests that for the highly educated, direct effects of social origin are high at young ages and decrease over the life course, the age-as-stratifier hypothesis suggests that for individuals with low educational attainment, direct effects of social origin are low at young ages and increase over the life course. Findings using panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study are largely consistent with these hypotheses for various measures of social origin and social destination. Overall, this study demonstrates how causal mediation analysis provides precise effect definitions that allow scholars to assess mechanisms when status transmission processes depend on educational attainment.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2024/1