Publication: Strive to Succeed? The Role of Persistence in the Process of Educational Attainment
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2021-03-18
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This paper examines the role of effort in the process of educational attainment.
First, I analyze the impact of effort on future tertiary educational attainment. Then,
I test two sociological theories that argue that effort transmits educational
inequality across generations. According to the first theory, parental background
shapes the effort that children exert in education-related activities. The second
theory argues that the drivers of effort in this context are educational expectations.
I use a variable for effort that is measured directly over the course of the PISA test.
Using a longitudinal dataset from Australia, I estimate different hierarchical and
structural equations models. I find that the measure of effort is positively and
significantly associated with the probability of having obtained a tertiary degree
ten years later. Furthermore, the results show partial support for the second
theory but not for the first one.
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Persistence, Educational attainment, Parental background, Expectations, Educational inequality
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Palacios-Abad, A. (2021). Strive to Succeed? The Role of Persistence in the Process of Educational Attainment. American Behavioral Scientist, 000276422199675