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Mothers' Status Shapes Children's Success: Gender Impact Grows Over Time.

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Like My Mother Before Me: Gender and Cross-Gender Effects on Status Attainment during Modernization
Siyang Kong, Ineke Maas, Marco H. D. van Leeuwen

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Mothers' and fathers' status influenced their children's status in the 19th and early 20th century in the Netherlands. Both sons and daughters were affected by their mothers' occupation and employment status. Over time, the impact of parental status on daughters' status increased, while it remained stable for sons.