Determinants of country differences in effects of parental education on children’s academic achievement

Abstract Background In a previous study, the total, direct and indirect effects of parental education on reading, mathematics and science achievement have been estimated for Grade 4 pupils of 37 countries that participated in PIRLS and TIMSS 2011 studies (Gustafsson et al. in TIMSS and PIRLS 2011: R...

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Main Authors: Kajsa Yang Hansen, Jan-Eric Gustafsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-08-01
Series:Large-scale Assessments in Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40536-016-0027-1