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@article{ Jacob2011, title = {Class Origin and Young Adults' Re-Enrollment}, author = {Jacob, Marita and Weiss, Felix}, journal = {Research in Social Stratification and Mobility}, number = {4}, pages = {415-426}, volume = {29}, year = {2011}, issn = {0276-5624}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-437898}, abstract = {This paper examines re-enrollment decisions taken by adults who have previously participated in the labor market in the US. We investigate the influence of social origin on re-enrollment and test hypotheses based on the "status reproduction" argument. We find that young adults from the lower classes re-enroll less often than those from the upper classes and that these differences can be attributed to a large extend to different ability or performance. Beyond the effects of social origin as such, we also scrutinize the effects of the child's class position relative to family status as a more direct implication of the "status reproduction" argument. Our analyses reveal that once young adults from higher status positions have reached their parents' class, re-enrollment is somewhat less likely to occur. However, this effect of the child's relative class to the parents' is rather weak.}, keywords = {intergenerational mobility; Arbeitsmarkt; social background; soziale Herkunft; family member; Intergenerationenmobilität; junger Erwachsener; Hochschulbildung; young adult; Familie; sozialer Status; USA; upper class; Kind; family; child; Eltern; Oberschicht; university level of education; parents; Familienangehöriger; United States of America; social status; labor market}}