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Table 2 Returns on educational attainments separated by gender; ordered logistic regressions (average marginal effects).

From: Intergenerational transmission of economic success in Austria with a focus on migration and gender

Dependent variable

Education level 1 (ISCED 0–2)

Education level 2 (ISCED 3–4)

Education level 3 (ISCED 5–6)

Male sample

Female sample

Male sample

Female sample

Male sample

Female sample

ES

− 0.015***

(0.000)

− 0.008***

(0.000)

− 0.026***

(0.000)

− 0.004***

(0.000)

0.042***

(0.000)

0.012***

(0.000)

Educational attainment father (level 2)

− 0.024***

(0.000)

− 0.064***

(0.000)

− 0.042***

(0.001)

− 0.031***

(0.000)

0.065***

(0.001)

0.096***

(0.001)

Educational attainment father (level 3)

− 0.047***

(0.000)

− 0.093***

(0.000)

− 0.159***

(0.001)

− 0.167***

(0.001)

0.206***

(0.002)

0.260***

(0.002)

Educational attainment mother (level 2)

− 0.034***

(0.000)

− 0.088***

(0.000)

− 0.069***

(0.001)

− 0.064***

(0.001)

0.102***

(0.001)

0.151***

(0.001)

Educational attainment mother (level 3)

− 0.053***

(0.000)

− 0.097***

(0.000)

− 0.272***

(0.002)

− 0.318***

(0.002)

0.325***

(0.002)

0.416***

(0.003)

MB 2nd Gen

− 0.005***

(0.001)

0.083***

(0.002)

− 0.010***

(0.002)

− 0.008***

(0.001)

0.015***

(0.003)

− 0.075***

(0.001)

MB 1st Gen (other EU Member State)

− 0.001*

(0.001)

0.021***

(0.001)

− 0.002*

(0.001)

0.006***

(0.000)

0.003*

(0.002)

− 0.027***

(0.001)

MB 1st Gen (non-EU Country)

0.099***

(0.001)

0.147***

(0.001)

0.037***

(0.000)

− 0.037***

(0.001)

− 0.136***

(0.001)

− 0.110***

(0.001)

Age

− 0.001***

(0.000)

0.000***

(0.000)

− 0.002***

(0.000)

0.000***

(0.000)

0.004***

(0.000)

0.000***

(0.000)

No. of siblings in parental household

− 0.001***

(0.000)

0.010***

(0.000)

− 0.002***

(0.000)

0.005***

(0.000)

0.003***

(0.000)

− 0.015***

(0.000)

Living with both parents

− 0.007***

(0.000)

− 0.055***

(0.001)

− 0.012***

(0.001)

− 0.006***

(0.000)

0.019***

(0.001)

0.061***

(0.001)

  1. Italic denotes main variable of interest
  2. Average marginal effects of the independent variables on the probability that a descendant will end in any of the three educational categories; Reference category of parental educational attainment: Education level 1 (ISCED 0–2)
  3. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001; Robust standard errors are in parentheses
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