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Table 3 OLS estimates of parental education and income on the probability of post-compulsory schooling of children

From: The impact of parental income and education on the schooling of their children

Specification:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Sons: N = 8661

         

Maternal school leaving age

0.029***

 

0.028***

0.026***

 

0.026***

0.026***

 

0.025***

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Paternal school leaving age

0.025***

 

0.020***

0.017***

 

0.015***

0.016***

 

0.015***

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Paternal log earnings

 

0.118***

0.066***

 

0.064***

0.040***

 

0.062***

0.038***

  

(0.008)

(0.008)

 

(0.008)

(0.008)

 

(0.008)

(0.009)

Daughters: N = 8137

         

Maternal school leaving age

0.024***

 

0.023***

0.021***

 

0.020***

0.021***

 

0.020***

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Paternal school leaving age

0.015***

 

0.012***

0.009***

 

0.007***

0.009***

 

0.007***

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Paternal log earnings

 

0.088***

0.050***

 

0.045***

0.027***

 

0.044***

0.027***

  

(0.007)

(0.008)

 

(0.008)

(0.008)

 

(0.008)

(0.008)

Control for paternal union member

no

no

no

no

no

no

yes

yes

yes

Control for paternal blue collar occ

no

no

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

  1. Note: LFS 1992–2012. Standard errors in parentheses. Specifications also include year of survey dummies, regional dummies, dummies of child’s year of birth, cubics in parental dates of birth.
  2. * p < .1. ** p < .05. *** p < .01.