Schooling and the Intergenerational Transmission of Values

Della Giusta, M.; Hashimzade, N.; Myles, G.D.

doi:10.1111/jpet.12184

Schooling and the Intergenerational Transmission of Values

Della Giusta, M.; Hashimzade, N.; Myles, G.D.

Authors

M. Della Giusta

N. Hashimzade

G.D. Myles

Abstract

We present a model of the evolution of identity via dynamic interaction between the choice of education and the transmission of values in a community from parents to children, when parents care about the preservation of their traditional community values, different from the values of the host society. We compare the educational and socioeconomic outcomes in different scenarios (melting pot versus multiculturalism). If schooling shifts children's identity away from their parents' values, parents may choose lower levels of education for their children, at the cost of reducing their future earnings. We show how this effect can be attenuated and reversed when the school or, indeed, the host society are willing to accommodate the values of the community and/or to adjust to these values; otherwise the community gradually becomes alienated. This approach may be applied to the analysis of temporal changes in values and attitudes in a community of immigrants, as well as ethnic, religious, or other minority groups.

Citation

Della Giusta, M., Hashimzade, N., & Myles, G. (2017). Schooling and the Intergenerational Transmission of Values. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 19(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12184

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 7, 2015
Online Publication Date	Mar 30, 2016
Publication Date	Feb 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Jul 17, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Mar 30, 2018
Journal	Journal of Public Economic Theory
Print ISSN	1097-3923
Electronic ISSN	1467-9779
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	19
Issue	1
Pages	1-17
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12184
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1404944

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Della Giusta, M., Hashimzade, N. & Myles, G. D. (2016), Schooling and the Intergenerational Transmission of Values. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 19(1): 1-17, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12184. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.