RT Journal Article
T1 Strive to Succeed? The Role of Persistence in the Process of Educational Attainment
A1 Palacios Abad, Alberto
AB 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 educationalinequality across generations. According to the first theory, parental backgroundshapes the effort that children exert in education-related activities. The secondtheory 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 andstructural equations models. I find that the measure of effort is positively andsignificantly associated with the probability of having obtained a tertiary degreeten years later. Furthermore, the results show partial support for the secondtheory but not for the first one.
PB SAGE
SN 0002-7642
YR 2021
FD 2021-03-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32958
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32958
LA eng
NO The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 758600).
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RD 30 jun. 2024