TY - JOUR
T1 - Adult social capital and track placement of ethnic groups in Germany
AU - Cheng, Simon
AU - Martin, Leslie
AU - Werum, Regina E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The dictum that "context matters" notwithstanding, few researchers have focused on how social capital affects educational outcomes for ethnic groups outside of the United States. Using German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) data, analyses highlight the group-specific effects of parental social capital on track placement among 11-16-year-old German and non-German students. For both groups, parents' family ties fail to affect track placement. Parents' community ties have mixed effects. Among Germans, parental involvement in sports affects children's tracking positively. Among non-Germans, parental socializing with peers affects track placement negatively, while parental involvement in religion-based community groups and interethnic ties with Germans improve track placement chances. We relate these findings to different strands of social capital theory.
AB - The dictum that "context matters" notwithstanding, few researchers have focused on how social capital affects educational outcomes for ethnic groups outside of the United States. Using German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) data, analyses highlight the group-specific effects of parental social capital on track placement among 11-16-year-old German and non-German students. For both groups, parents' family ties fail to affect track placement. Parents' community ties have mixed effects. Among Germans, parental involvement in sports affects children's tracking positively. Among non-Germans, parental socializing with peers affects track placement negatively, while parental involvement in religion-based community groups and interethnic ties with Germans improve track placement chances. We relate these findings to different strands of social capital theory.
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U2 - 10.1086/520691
DO - 10.1086/520691
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:35348812726
VL - 114
SP - 41
EP - 74
JO - American Journal of Education
JF - American Journal of Education
SN - 0195-6744
IS - 1
ER -