The education level of parents has a strong impact on the education level of their children. This can be explained by the parents' ability to financially support their children's studies and/or to pass a perception of the importance of education to their children. In turn, the education level is one of the most important individual factors for adults in reducing the risk of poverty and being able to secure acceptable living conditions for themselves and their families. State policies towards the promotion of initatives for higher educational levels for children could limit to some extent the effect of the transmission of a low education level through generations.
Intergenerational transmission of disadvantage statistics.
