Single motherhood and (un)equal educational opportunities. Evidence for Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Mahler, Philippe; Winkelmann, Rainer
Titel	Single motherhood and (un)equal educational opportunities. Evidence for Germany.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2004), 23 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (Bonn). 1391
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bildungschance; Soziale Herkunft; Mutter; Kind; Sekundarstufe I; Weiterführende Schule; Datenanalyse; Einkommen; Zeitbudget; Allein erziehende Mutter; Benachteiligtes Kind; Deutschland
Abstract	[The authors] examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using a sample of 14 years old children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In line with previous studies for the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden, [they] find a negative correlation between disrupted family structure and children's educational outcome. Looking for alternative explanations for this correlation, [the authors] use ordered probit regression models to control for factors related to single motherhood such as lower educational background, lower household income and higher labor supply of the mother. Our evidence suggests that single parenthood reduces school attainment mainly because it is associated with lower resources (income and time) available for the child. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2006/2