Does family structure affect children's academic outcomes? Evidence for Spain

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dc.contributor.authorSantín González, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSicilia, Gabriela
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-18T05:56:46Z
dc.date.available2023-06-18T05:56:46Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractSeveral sociodemographic phenomena have changed family organization in Spain over the last few decades, where less structured forms than the traditional nuclear family have gained in importance. In view of the importance of children’s and adolescents’ education, we aim to identify the effect of non-nuclear family membership on academic outcomes of Spanish children in fourth-year primary education and adolescents in second-year secondary education. To do this, we use a propensity score matching approach to compare the impact of family structure on student performance, measured through grade retention and mathematics scores, with the results of standard econometric models. The results show that non-nuclear family membership has a significant negative impact on student grade retention with more significant differences among older students. In addition, this family structure is only found to have a consistently negative effect on mathematics scores for secondary education students.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Economía Aplicada, Pública y Política
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/56209
dc.identifier.issn0362-3319
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2016.04.001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23638
dc.issue.number4
dc.journal.titleSocial Science Journal
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final572
dc.page.initial555
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rights.accessRightsrestricted access
dc.subject.jelI21
dc.subject.jelJ12
dc.subject.jelC21
dc.subject.keywordFamily structure
dc.subject.keywordAcademic achievement
dc.subject.keywordPropensity score matching
dc.subject.keywordSchool ownership.
dc.subject.ucmFamilia (Sociología)
dc.subject.ucmEconometría (Economía)
dc.subject.ucmEducación
dc.subject.unesco5103.02 Filiación, Familia y Parentesco
dc.subject.unesco5302 Econometría
dc.subject.unesco58 Pedagogía
dc.titleDoes family structure affect children's academic outcomes? Evidence for Spain
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number53
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