Abstract
Based on the perspectives of Coleman’s family resources theory, the main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between family resources and educational achievement, especially the role of social capital among them. By means of structural equation modeling to analyze the raw data from TEPS, the major findings are as follows. (1) The model of affecting educational achievement through human capital, financial capital, and social capital is significantly supported; namely, the theory of Coleman family resources is supported by empirical data; (2) social capital plays an important role in the effect of family resources on educational achievement; (3) the effect of both the educational and the economical reproduction vary with the whether conditional on social capital or not, which somewhat differs from the traditional perspectives of conflict theory. Finally, some the limitations of methodology and implications of research are further proposed and discussed in this study.
| Keywords: | family resources; educational achievement; human capital; financial capital; social capital |
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