RT Journal Article
T1 On the contribution of parental expectations to the academic progress of youngsters
A1 Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David
A1 Prieto-Latorre, Claudia
A1 López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro
K1 Rendimiento académico - Modelos matemáticos
K1 Familia y enseñanza
AB This paper analyses whether parental expectations play a relevant role in determining students’ progression from primary to secondary education in maths and reading. Taking advantage of longitudinal census data for the Spanish region of Andalusia, we propose alternative identification strategies to estimate the influence of expectations on students’ academic success. We tackle the endogeneity problem of expectations by employing time fixed-effects and applying an instrumental variables procedure, which uses a proxy of students’ ability. The results confirm that higher parental expectations positively associate with students’ achievement. Expectations are found to be a more important predictor of children’s performance in reading than in mathematics, while performance in mathematics depends to a larger extent on innate students’ ability. Additionally, we have found that boys’ academic performance is more sensitive to parental expectations, while parents have higher educational expectations for girls. This higher parental exigency for girls in comparison to boys may be a sign of the permanence of gender roles in society.
PB Elsevier
YR 2025
FD 2025-08-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39710
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39710
LA eng
NO Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, O. D., Prieto-Latorre, C. y López-Agudo, L. A. (2025). “On the contribution of parental expectations to the academic progress of youngsters”. International Journal of Educational Research, 133.
NO Fundación BBVA  (Programa PRISMAS y PROBLEMAS) 2023
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026