Educational Aspirations of Migrant Parents and the Relationship With Educational Success

Kamm, Chantal; Gomensoro, Andrés; Heers, Marieke; Hupka-Brunner, Sandra (2021). Educational Aspirations of Migrant Parents and the Relationship With Educational Success. In: Nägele, Christof; Kersh, Natasha; Stalder, Barbara E. (eds.) Trends in vocational education and training research. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET) IV (pp. 119-129). Geneva: VETNET 10.5281/zenodo.5180591

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Adding to the strand of research which shows that when taking into account accumulated disadvantages, descendants from migrant families succeed to a higher amount in education than
natives, this paper analyses if and how parental educational aspirations act as a protective factor
for educational success. Based on the Swiss longitudinal TREE data (Transition from Education to Employment, n= 7,971) of the second cohort we answer this question using a multinomial logistic regression analysis. Our results show that some migrant groups have higher parental aspirations and that these aspirations serve as a pushing factor for several second-generation groups to take up higher education at upper secondary level. To have a closer look at the underlying mechanisms we assess the definition of success by taking into account qualitative data chosen by a criterial-based sample of TREE respondents. The inductive definition of success, based on a content analysis with n=119 young adults and their parents from migrant and Swiss families will add to the existing theoretical reflection on the narrow definition of success and its interplay with parental aspirations.

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