Fathers' Ages and the Social Stratification of Sons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2211601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert D Mare, Meei-Shenn Tzeng |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-131 |
| Publication date | 1989-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/229215 |
| OpenAlex | W2023726497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 13 |
The reproduction of inequality from generation to generation depends not only on the degree to which parents transmit their statuses to their offspring but also on the ages at which parents bear their offspring. Because parents' education, employment, and economic wealth improve with age, and because younger parents experience stronger competing role demands than older parents, parental age influences children's environments. The average number of siblings also varies with the age of the parents, which affects the family resources to which a child has access. As a result, when other aspects of son's socioeconomic background are controlled, sons born to older fathers enjoy significantly higher levels of educational and occupational achievement than sons born to younger fathers
Biology · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Inequality · Offspring · Population · Pregnancy · Reproduction · Social class · Social inequality · Social science · Social stratification · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology
The Intergenerational Flow of Income
Early Life Influences on Health and Mortality in Adulthood
The Effects of Parental Age and Sibling Configurations on Family Environment and Academic Achievement of Children
Parental ages and the intergenerational transmission of education
The transition to tertiary education and parental background over time
Breaking barriers
Multigenerational aspects of social stratification
Robert Mare’s legacy
Rob Mare’s research trajectory as a model of cumulative science
Sibship size and educational attainment. A joint test of the Confluence Model and the Resource Dilution Hypothesis
Age at childbearing over two generations and grandchildren's cognitive achievement
Family Health Histories and Their Impact on Retirement Confidence
Advancing Age, Advantaged Youth
Mexican-American Educational Stagnation
Mexican-American Educational Stagnation
Education and the changing age pattern of American fertility
Maternal Age and Child Development
How Are Children of Older Mothers Doing? Evidence from the United Kingdom
Survival of offspring who experience early parental death
Effects of childhood and middle-adulthood family conditions on later-life mortality
Methodologist as Arbitrator
High School Exit Examinations and High School Dropout in Texas and Florida, 1971-2000
Do Large Sibships Really Lead to Lower Educational Attainment
Reconsidering the Effects of Sibling Configuration
Implications of Changing Family Forms for Children
Maternal Age and Offspring's Educational Attainment
The Demography of Social Mobility
Late or later? A sibling analysis of the effect of maternal age on children's schooling
Work and the Family
Social Background and School Continuation Decisions
Investing in Children
Social background composition and educational growth
Long-term economic consequences for women of delayed childbearing and reduced family size
A Model of Stratification with Response Error in Social and Psychological Variables
Birth Order and Educational Attainment in Full Sibships
Further Evidence on Sibship Size and Educational Stratification
Family History and the Life Course
Family Origins and the Schooling Process
Equality of Schooling
The Transition from Youth to Adult
Net Worth as an Aspect of Status
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2024 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |