Intergenerational Transmission and Economic Self-Sufficiency

European countries have faced profound changes in family structures and family forms over the last few decades. This volume provides insights from eleven European countries with varying welfare state arrangements, exploring the extent to which the intergenerational transmission of attitudes, resources and values matter with regard to the economic self-sufficiency of young people. Drawing on in-depth interviews with three generations of family members, the contributors show how intergenerational transmission happens and what the effects of these transmission processes are. The book reveals that family members serve as role models to younger family members and influence their career and educational aspirations, and that there are specific family value orientations and parental approaches which support economic self-sufficiency in younger generations. Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Self-Sufficiency will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including social work, sociology, psychology and political sociology.

Jale Tosun is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany Daniela Pauknerová is Associate Professor of Business Administration and Management in the Faculty of Business Administration and Management, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic.Bernhard Kittel is Professor of Economic Sociology in the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Statistics, University of Vienna, Austria.