Explaining secondary effects of families' social class position : an empirical test of the Breen-Goldthorpe model of educational attainment
Explaining secondary effects of families' social class position : an empirical test of the Breen-Goldthorpe model of educational attainment
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解释家庭社会阶层地位的次要影响：布林-戈德索普教育程度模型的实证检验
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2006
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Volker Stocké
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本文检验了布林-戈德索普模型是否提供了一个有效的教育决策预测和社会阶层的完整解释。这是使用来自一项小组研究的数据完成的，该研究涉及德国决定其子女中学轨道的家庭。我们首先分析了是否阶级差异的成本，成功的概率和回报，从状态维护，父母与教育的选择，是由不同的家庭的客观机会和约束。与理论预期一致，我们发现父母的主观信念和评价，这是由于现有的经济资源和儿童的学术能力的差异类效果。我们第二次测试的预测，中学的选择和阶级的差异，在这里是成本效益考虑的结果。虽然主观信念的孩子有多大可能完成教育程度和动机，以保持家庭的社会地位证明是强有力的预测教育决策，教育投资的预期成本被认为是无关紧要的。与预测不一致的是，社会阶层对教育决策的直接影响并没有被理论预测的因素所解释。
This article tests whether the Breen-Goldthorpe model offers an empirically valid prediction of educational decisions and a complete explanation of social class hereon. This is done using data from a panel study with families who decided about the secondary school tracks for their children in Germany. We analyzed firstly whether class differences in the costs, success probabilities and returns from status maintenance, which parents associate with educational options, are created by differences in the families’ objective opportunities and constraints. Consistent with theoretical expectations, we found class effects on the parents’ subjective beliefs and evaluations, which were due to differences in available economic resources and the children’s proven academic ability. We tested secondly the prediction that secondary school choice and class differences herein are the result of cost-benefit considerations. Whereas the subjective beliefs about how likely the children are in the position to complete educational degrees and the motive to maintain the families’ social status proved to be strong predictors for educational decisions, the anticipated costs of educational investments were found to be irrelevant. Inconsistent with predictions, the direct effects of social class on educational decisions were not explained by the theoretically predicted factors.