Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 41 No. 1 2023

Education Transmission and Network Formation

Vincent Boucher¹; Carlo L. Del Bello; Fabrizio Panebianco²; Thierry Verdier^3,4,5; Yves Zenou

¹ Université Laval · ² University of Milan · ³ Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro · ⁴ Centre for Economic Policy Research · ⁵ Paris School of Economics

Abstract

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.

DOI

10.1086/718981

Volume

41

Issue

1

Pages

129-173

Language

en

Sources

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