What Hides Behind the Effect of Education on Work Ethic ? A Mexican Standoff between Inglehart, Bourdieu, and Goldthorpe

• In Event: Children, Education, Class, and Enfranchisement

Brief Overview

Numerous studies link work ethic to education. Using European Values Study data, we test several hypotheses. Results show that parents' education predicts work ethic more strongly than respondents', and that upward mobility reinforces it.

Author

• Raphaël Piters, Paris Sorbonne University