No. 1039 - The influence of peers' parental background on university enrollment: the role of education and occupation
This study investigates how the educational attainment and employment status of the parents of secondary-school peers influence the students' probability of enrolling in university. To this end, it exploits a large administrative dataset covering the educational trajectories of Italian students from secondary school through to university.
A higher share of schoolmates whose parents hold a university degree increases a student's likelihood of enrolling in university, but only when those parents are employed and do not work in blue-collar occupations. The effect is stronger for students in technical and vocational schools and for those from less educated families. The findings also suggest that some within-school diversity and lower between-school inequality in families' socio-educational characteristics promote university participation.
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