De cultuur of de centen... Een nieuwe toetsing van hypothesen over culturele en economische hulpbronnen in de intergenerationele overdracht van onderwijs

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In this paper we address the Bourdieu-like question of whether in the Netherlands parental economic resources explain increasingly less and parental cultural resources increasingly more of the transfer of education from parents to their eldest child. We do so by following up on De Graaf's (1986) analysis of the Quality of Life Survey 1977, which concluded that in the younger cohort parental cultural and financial resources contribute less to educational reproduction than in the older one with the contribution of financial resources becoming insignificant. However, an analysis of the Quality of Life Survey 1986 data leads to different findings. Now in the younger cohort both parental cultural and economic resources explain more of educational transfer than in the older one. Conclusions turn out to differ by sex. For daughters of the younger cohort no effect of parental economic resources is found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Mens en Maatschappij is the property of Amsterdam University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)