家庭对子女教育的代际影响效应:理论、方法与证据

The Intergenerational Effects of Family on Education:Theories,Methodologies and Evidences

家庭对子女教育的代际影响效应是社会科学的一个热门话题,许多研究数据都发现,父代的教育以及与之相关的其他因素对子代的教育获得或教育成就具有很大的影响。近年来,该话题在理论的创新、研究问题的广度以及研究方法的完善等方面均有所进展。本文回顾了近年来的相关研究,重点围绕以下两个问题进行综述:(1)家庭对子女教育的代际影响效应有多大?(2)这种代际影响的作用机制以及相应的政策干预措施。本文介绍了不同学科解释教育代际流动机制的理论,评述了测算教育代际相关系数和识别代际流动因果机制时需要注意的问题,并结合具体的社会制度背景综述了各类家庭资本和家庭行为的影响。

It is widely believed that parents education and other related socio-economic status factors have strong impacts on offspring s educational attainment and achievement.The study of intergenerational effects of family has been multi-disciplinary and innovative in terms of theories,research topics and research methodologies.This paper reviews the literature from aspects of economics,sociology and educational research with special focus on the following issues:1)the importance of family on offspring s education attainment;2)the mechanism of educational intergenerational effects and corresponding policy suggestions.