Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance

Hampden-Thompson, Gillian; Xu, Jun

Abstract

We assess explanations for the associations between cultural capital (especially cultural activities and cultural possessions) and educational performance of schooled adolescents in 22 Western industrialized countries based on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). We further ascertain variations in the effect of cultural capital across distinct welfare regimes. Results indicate that multiple forms of cultural capital mediate the association between parental socioeconomic status and children?s educational performance in these industrialized countries. Our analyses also show that, especially under liberal-type welfare regimes, children from higher-status families reap greater benefits from cultural capital than do children from lower-status families.

Citation

Hampden-Thompson, G., & Xu, J. (2012). Cultural reproduction, cultural mobility, cultural resource, or trivial effect?: a comparative approach to cultural capital and educational performance. Comparative Education Review, 56, 98--124. https://doi.org/10.1086/661289

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2012
• Deposit Date: Sep 11, 2023
• Journal: Comparative Education Review
• Print ISSN: 0010-4086
• Electronic ISSN: 1545-701X
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 56
• Pages: 98--124
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/661289
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1728045
• Related Public URLs: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/51378/