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Can children break the cycle of disadvantage? Structure and agency in the transmission of education across generations

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2016
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Burger, K., & Walk, M. (2016). Can children break the cycle of disadvantage? Structure and agency in the transmission of education across generations. Social Psychology of Education, 19(4), 695–713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-016-9361-y

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Research has shown that parents tend to pass educational advantage or disadvantage on to their children.However, little is known about the extent to which the intergenerational transmission of education involveschildren’s agency. In this study we drew from two traditions in sociological and social psychological theorizing–the theory of cultural and social reproduction and the theory of human agency –to examine whether agencyinfluences children’s educational performance, and if so, whether this influence can be observed among childrena

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  • Burger, Kaspar
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  • Walk, Marlene
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19

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4

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695

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713

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Journal Article

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Keywords

Inequality, Structure/agency, Cultural and social reproduction, Educational stratification, PISA

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English

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2016-12-01

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2020-11-27

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1381-2890

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Burger, K., & Walk, M. (2016). Can children break the cycle of disadvantage? Structure and agency in the transmission of education across generations. Social Psychology of Education, 19(4), 695–713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-016-9361-y

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