Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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884283 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 2009 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
We explore the relationship between educational attainment and social interaction using individual level data from the British National Child Development Study. To be specific, we analyze whether an intergenerational aspect to this relationship exists by examining the relationship between the educational attainment of children and the degree of formal social activity undertaken by their parents. Our results suggest that children's scores in reading, mathematics and vocabulary tests are positively associated with the extent of their parents’ formal social interaction, and this relationship is robust to alternative definitions of social interaction.
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Authors
Sarah Brown, Karl Taylor,