Education Transmission and Network Formation

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Boucher, Vincent; Del Bello, Carlo L. L.; Panebianco, Fabrizio; Verdier, Thierry; Zenou, Yves
• 署名单位: Laval University; Catholic University of the Sacred Heart; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Monash University; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/718981
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: cultural transmission; social-network; ECONOMICS; opportunity; TECHNOLOGY; models; CHOICE

摘要

We propose a model of intergenerational transmission of education wherein children belong to either highly educated or low-educated families. Children choose the intensity of their social activities, while parents decide how much educational effort to exert. Using Add Health data, we find that, on average, children's homophily acts as a complement to the educational effort of highly educated parents but as a substitute for the educational effort of low-educated parents. We also find that policies that subsidize kids' socialization efforts can backfire for low-educated students because they tend to increase their interactions with other low-educated students.