Adamecz, Anna;
Henderson, Morag;
Shure, Nikki;
(2023)
Intergenerational educational mobility – The role of non-cognitive skills.
Education Economics
10.1080/09645292.2023.2176826.
(In press).
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Abstract
While it has been shown that university attendance is strongly predicted by parental education, we know very little about why some potential first-generation students make it to university and others do not. This paper looks at the role of non-cognitive skills in the university participation of this disadvantaged group in England. We find that having higher levels of locus of control, academic self-concept, work ethic, and self-esteem in adolescence is positively related to intergenerational educational mobility to university. Our results indicate these skills help potential first-generation students to compensate for their relative disadvantage, and they are especially crucial for boys.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Intergenerational educational mobility – The role of non-cognitive skills |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09645292.2023.2176826 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2023.2176826 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Keywords: | Socioeconomic gaps, intergenerational educational mobility, higher education, non-cognitive skills |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165082 |
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