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Child's age at parental death and university education




AuthorsKailaheimo-Lönnqvist S, Erola J

PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Publication year2020

JournalEuropean Societies

Journal name in sourceEUROPEAN SOCIETIES

Journal acronymEUR SOC

Volume22

Issue4

First page 433

Last page455

Number of pages23

ISSN1461-6696

eISSN1469-8307

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2020.1719179(external)

Web address https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616696.2020.1719179(external)

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/46063819(external)


Abstract
Losing a parent due to premature death is generally associated with negative child outcomes. However, the study of possible (modifying) effects of the child's age and family background has been neglected in previous research. In this paper, we analyse the relationship between the child's age at parental death and the child's university education, and we study whether the possible association is modified by the child's family background. We apply ordinary least square regression and linear sibling fixed effect models to high-quality Finnish Census Panel data, consisting of 88,727 children born between 1982 and 1990. According to our results, the negative influence of parental death varies by the child's age; the consequences of parental death for young children were the most adverse. Interestingly, the influence of parental death seemed not to vary by family background.

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