Journal article
Social capital and aspirations for educational attainment: a cross-national comparison of Australia and Germany
J Chesters, J Smith
Journal of Youth Studies | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2015
Abstract
With the emergence of ‘knowledge economies’ across the industrialised world, transitions from school to work have generally become more complex and uncertain. Nonetheless, such developments vary between countries, as young people form aspirations which align with their individual preferences, academic abilities and the economic, cultural and social capital to which they have access. Previous research emphasises the positive influence social capital received from parents and school networks has on young people's developing aspirations. Meanwhile, the social capital young people generate for themselves through ‘out-of-school’ activities is often construed as either irrelevant or problematic. I..
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Funding Acknowledgements
German data for this paper are from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS): Starting Cohort 4 (9th grade), doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC4:1.1.0. The NEPS data collection is part of the Framework Programme for the Promotion of Empirical Educational Research, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and supported by the Federal States. Australian data for this paper are from the Social Futures and Life Pathways ('Our Lives') project, Wave 2, http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/ourlives/. The Our Lives data collection is funded by the Australian Research Council [grant number DP0557667], [grant number DP0878781].