Students whose parents work in professional occupations generally outperform other students in mathematics, while … students whose parents work in elementary occupations tend to underachieve compared to their peers. The strength of the …. Finland and Japan achieve high levels of performance by ensuring that the children of parents who work in elementary …

advantaged peers. PISA data also show that students who discuss money matters with their parents, and those who make autonomous … participating country and economy, students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds performed significantly worse than their … proportion of students who do not achieve baseline financial literacy and explores the links between socio-economic backgrounds …

OECD Survey of Adult Skills, 39% of adults have achieved a higher level of education than their parents. A 20-34 year …-old with tertiary educated parents is 4.5 times more likely to participate in tertiary education than a young adult whose … parents did not have a tertiary qualification. …

Across OECD countries, individuals without tertiary-educated parents tend to be considerably under-represented among … particular, the period from starting upper secondary to entering tertiary education is critical in determining students’ future …