Does College Enrollment and Bachelor%26apos;s Completion by Mothers Impact Children%26apos;s Educational Outcomes?

作者：Monaghan David

来源：Sociology of Education, 2017, 90(1): 3-24.

DOI：10.1177/0038040716681054

• higher education
• nontraditional undergraduates
• college completion
• inverse probability of treatment weighting

Today, many undergraduates are themselves raising children. But does college-going by parents improve their offspring's educational attainment? I address this question using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 and linked Children and Young Adults Survey. I first model postnatal college enrollment and bachelor's completion by mothers and use predicted probabilities to minimize selection bias through inverse probability of treatment weighting. I then estimate the impact of maternal college enrollment and attainment on offspring's likelihood of graduating from high school, enrolling in college, and completing a four-year degree. I find sizeable effects of maternal college completion on all outcomes, but the impact of maternal enrollment without completion is considerably muted. I review implications for sociological research and policies to assist nontraditional students.

• 出版日期2017-1