Essays about: "parental background"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words parental background.

  1. 1. Childhood family structure in 16 European countries

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Gustafsson; [2024]
    Keywords : child outcomes; Europe; comparative; divorce; stepfamily; sequence analysis;

    Abstract : At the end of the 20th century we saw great changes in family dynamics with rates ofseparation and re-partnerning increasing across Europe. Previous research has primarilyfocused on adults but less is known about how these family demographic changes haveaffected children's family structure. READ MORE

  3. 2. Intergenerational Educational Mobility among Immigrants and Natives in Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anastasia Demidova; [2023]
    Keywords : Intergenerational Mobility; Migration; Education; Human Capital; Germany; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines the intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants and natives in Germany. Three regression models are estimated to investigate potential differences in the transmission of human capital from parents to their children between immigrants and natives. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Tale of Two Sets of Opportunities. An exploration of Inequality of Opportunity among natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Irem Ucan; [2023]
    Keywords : Inequality of Opportunity; normative economics; Shapley decomposition; second-generation immigrants; income inequality; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the extent of income inequality that is attributed inherited circumstances such as social and family background, denoted as Inequality of Opportunity or IOp, for natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity captures the between-type inequality, when individuals are grouped into types based on these predetermined circumstances, which involves parametrically estimating the average outcome of each type and comparing these averages between types. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Value of School Quality Under Free Choice : An Empirical Study of School Quality on Residential Prices in Västerås, Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Akarsh Desai; Simon Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Capitalization ; School Quality ; Choice Schools ; Compulsory School ; Hedonic Pricing Model ; Segregation ; Kapitalisering ; Utbildningskvalité ; Fritt skolval ; Grundskola ; Hedonisk Prismodell ; Segregation ;

    Abstract : Education is one of the most important public goods that society can provide, and researchers have since long agreed that schools' performances are capitalized into residential property prices. However, all previous research is based on residential markets where school districts prevail. READ MORE

  6. 5. How do independent school admission rules affect school segregation? : An agent-based model in a Swedish context

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutet för analytisk sociologi, IAS

    Author : Oskar Johansson; [2022]
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    Abstract : School segregation has previously been found to be a product of residential segregation, student/parental preferences and school allocation methods. In Sweden, rules regarding school allocation methods prevent both public and independent schools from sorting students by socioeconomic background, ability or ethnicity. READ MORE