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ERIC Number: EJ644004
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
Capital for College: Parental Assets and Postsecondary Schooling.
Conley, Dalton
Sociology of Education, v74 n1 p59-72 Jan 2001
Examines the impact of parental wealth on their children's educational attainment using data from the 1984 Panel Study of Income Dynamics investigating the educational outcomes of the children in 1995. Demonstrates that parental wealth, as measured by net worth, has a strong nonlinear effect on the postsecondary schooling of offspring. (CMK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Educational Attainment, Educational Research, Family Environment, Family Income, Graduate Study, Interviews, Outcomes of Education, Parent Influence, Postsecondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Wealth