Marginal Utility of Social Capital: The Assistance of Family and Friends in Choosing University Studies

Autor/inn/en	Häuberer, Julia; Brändle, Tobias
Titel	Marginal Utility of Social Capital: The Assistance of Family and Friends in Choosing University Studies
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 27 (2018) 4, S.409-431 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2018.1464402
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Social Capital; Social Networks; Family Influence; Parent Influence; Context Effect; Parent Background; Peer Influence; Nontraditional Students; Social Support Groups; Academic Aspiration; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sozialkapital; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Elternhaus; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Deutschland
Abstract	We focus on transition from school or employment to university and analyze how social network characteristics and the quantity of social capital (SC) influence the assessment of help in selecting a program of study. We analyze data of undergraduate students at a German university and find that SC has an amount and a context effect. First, we assume that in networks where students find a lot of SC, they also receive helpful advice. Second, a social network close to academia offers useful help. Our multivariate analyses support the context effect, but also indicate a marginal utility of SC. Students with academically educated parents rate their parents' help as more useful, and students with studying friends rate their friends' advice as helpful. However, students who are rich in SC among family and friends rate their help lower than students who are rich in SC among only one part of their network. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01