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Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance

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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:05 authored by Gillian Hampden-Thompson, Jun Xu
We assess explanations for the associations between cultural capital (especially cultural activities and cultural possessions) and educational performance of schooled adolescents in 22 Western industrialized countries based on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). We further ascertain variations in the effect of cultural capital across distinct welfare regimes. Results indicate that multiple forms of cultural capital mediate the association between parental socioeconomic status and children’s educational performance in these industrialized countries. Our analyses also show that, especially under liberal-type welfare regimes, children from higher-status families reap greater benefits from cultural capital than do children from lower-status families.

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  • Published

Journal

Comparative Education Review

ISSN

0010-4086

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Issue

1

Volume

56

Page range

98-124

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  • Education Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-11-14

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