Assets, Expectations, and Children’s Educational Achievement in Female‐Headed Households

By Min Zhan, Michael Sherraden. Social Service Review, 2003

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Taking stock of ten years of research on the relationship between assets and children's educational outcomes: Implications for theory, policy and intervention (2011, background): “Similar to Yadama and Sherraden (1996) and Zhan and Sherraden (2003), they suggest a pattern of two-way causation or a “virtuous circle”.”
Assets and liabilities, educational expectations, and children's college degree attainment (2011, background): “Some studies find that home ownership is positively related to the probability of high school graduation (Green & White, 1997; Kane, 1994; Zhan & Sherraden, 2003).”
Do parental assets matter for children's educational attainment?: Evidence from mediation tests (2011, background): “Zhan and Sherraden (2003), utilizing the National Survey of Families and Household data, find that savings of $3,000 or more has a positive effect on a children’s high school graduation, and that home ownership has a significant relationship with children’s academic performance in high school.”
Not Just Any Path: Implications of Identity-Based Motivation for Disparities in School Outcomes. (2013, background): “Research has shown effects both of parental assets and of child expectations and adding one does not reduce the effect of the other implying that these are separate paths to college graduation (Zhan & Sherraden, 2003).”