The Risk of Downward Mobility in Educational Attainment Children of
Sophie Hahn analyses downward mobility in educational attainment from a sociological life-course perspective. In order to avoid status loss children of higher-educated parents have to persevere through long educational careers. How large is their risk of
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Sophie Hahn
The Risk of Downward Mobility in Educational Attainment Children of Higher-Educated Parents in Germany
Life Course Research Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Steffen Hillmert, Universität Tübingen
Sophie Hahn
The Risk of Downward Mobility in Educational Attainment Children of Higher-Educated Parents in Germany With a foreword by Prof. Dr. Steffen Hillmert
Sophie Hahn München, Germany This work has been accepted as dissertation thesis at the University of Bamberg in 2015. The underlying research was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (reference number 01JG1059). The author is solely responsible for the content of this publication.
OnlinePlus material to this book can be available on http://www.springer-vs.de/978-3-658-14598-9 Life Course Research ISBN 978-3-658-14597-2 ISBN 978-3-658-14598-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-14598-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016943415 Springer VS © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer VS imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
Foreword
In recent years, theoretical models of rational educational decisions have become popular among researchers who study social inequalities in education. According to these models, inter-generational maintenance of social status plays a central role for the considerations of school students and their parents. In particular, the attempt to avoid the loss of status within the family is perceived as a major driving force of specific educational decisions. Due to the different positions of families in the inequality structure of society, this rationale tends to lead to origin-specific educational choices and, consequentially, to social reproduction across generations. Given its prominence in theory, it is surprising that so far relatively little empirical research in education and social mobility studies has focused on
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