The Risk of Downward Mobility in Educational Attainment: Children of Higher-Educated Parents in Germany (Life Course Research)

Sophie Hahn analyses downward mobility in educational attainment from a sociological life-course perspective. In order to avoid status loss children of higher-educated parents have to persevere through long educational careers. How large is their risk of intergenerational downward mobility in educational attainment and how does it shape their educational pathways? Does their parents' education still play a role in decisions at late stages of the educational career such as dropping out of and re-entering higher education? Drawing on retrospective longitudinal data of the German National Education Panel Study (NEPS) this book addresses these questions. Contents Inter- and intra-generational downward mobility in Germany Re-entering the academic pathway after starting vocational training< Access to tertiary education and dropout Target Groups Researchers and students of Sociology and Educational Science Experts, policy advisors and practitioners in education The Author Sophie Hahn is research associate at the German Youth Institute. Her research interests lie in the field of education, early childhood education and social inequality Front Matter....Pages I-XV Introduction: Social mobility perspective and intergenerational downward mobility in educational attainment....Pages 17-22 Research on intergenerational mobility....Pages 23-40 Theoretical approaches: The life-course perspective and rational-choice-based theories of educational decisions....Pages 41-59 Data: The sub-study Adult Education and Lifelong Learning of the National Educational Panel Study....Pages 61-62 Empirical analysis 1: Educational downward mobility over time in Germany....Pages 63-88 Empirical analysis 2: Re-entering the academic pathway after starting vocational training in Germany....Pages 89-119 Empirical analysis 3: Access to tertiary education and dropout in Germany....Pages 121-156 Intergenerational downward mobility in educational attainment in Germany: Summary of the main results and conclusions....Pages 157-169 Back Matter....Pages 171-215