Family structure and educational dynamics between generations
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https://doi.org/10.20947/S0102-3098a0192Keywords:
Intergenerational education mobility, Markov chains, Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, Human capital accumulationAbstract
Objective. The present study seeks to identify the impact of the family structure (two-parent and one-parent) on the intergenerational educational dynamics and the accumulation of human capital. Method. The microdata from the National Household Sampling Survey (PNAD) of 2014 were used. The intergenerational educational dynamics was analyzed based on transition matrices and Markov processes. Differences in human capital accumulation between categories of family structures were investigated based on the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition. Results. Results indicate that being dependent, female and living in the urban area are characteristics associated with greater intergenerational education mobility. The Northeast region stands out as the region with the lowest educational intergenerational mobility. The decomposition of Blinder-Oaxaca indicates that, on average, single-parent families headed by a woman have 0.5 years of study more than single-parent families headed by a father. About 74.2% of this difference is explained by the estimated model and the unexplained part has no statistical significance. Conclusion. Results suggest that the family structure affects the intergenerational dynamics of education and the accumulation of human capital of individuals.
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