Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Breinholt, Asta. 2024. “Hidden Patterns of Inequality: The Heterogeneity in Parenting within Educational Groups.” Poetics 107:101941. doi: 10.1016/j.poetic.2024.101941. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304422X24000809#ack0001
Breinholt, Asta, and Dalton Conley. 2023. “Child-Driven Parenting: Differential Early Childhood Investment by Offspring Genotype.” Social Forces 102(1):310–29. doi: 10.1093/sf/soac155. https://academic.oup.com/sf/article/102/1/310/6989759
Breinholt, Asta, and Anders Holm. 2020. “Heterogeneous Effects of Less Educated Mothers’ Further Education during Early Childhood on Children’s Educational Performance in Adolescence.” Research on Social Stratification and Mobility, 68:100506. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0276562420300421
Breinholt, Asta, and Mads Meier Jæger. 2020. “How does cultural capital affect educational performance: Signals or skills?” British Journal of Sociology, 71:28–46. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-4446.12711
Manuscripts in Progress
Breinholt, Asta, Anders Hjorth-Trolle, and Mikkel Büchler-Henriksen. “Does Statistical Discrimination Explain Grading Bias? Evidence from a Natural Experiment” (Submitted to European Sociological Review – see preprint here https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/nmpbr )
Breinholt, Asta, Erin Ware, Paula Fomby, and Colter Mitchell. “Do Parents’ Socioeconomic Resources Moderate the Association between Genotype and Cognitive Skills among Children with Diverse Genetic Ancestries?” (Invited for revise and resubmit to Longitudinal and Life Course Studies – see preprint here https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/kdyta )
Millei, Zsuzsanna, Spyrou Spyrou, Marja Rosslund, Asta Breinholt, Tuure Tammi, Beth Conklin, Nick Lee, Sarah Alminde, Hanne Warming, Riikka Hohti. “Child ecologies in a microbial world: A new imperative for childhood studies” (under review in the Journal of Childhood Studies)
Millei, Zsuzsanna, Nick Lee, Spyrou Spyrou, Mira Grönroos, Marja Rosslund, Asta Breinholt, Tuure Tammi, Sarah Alminde, Hanne Warming, Sami Keto. “More than human? Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model meets the child-as-ecosystem” (Submitted to Children & Society)
Manuscripts in Preparation
Breinholt, Asta, and Paula Fomby. “Affording the Luxury of Negotiation: Primary Caregivers’ Rule Setting for Adolescents”
Breinholt, Asta, and Gaia Ghirardi. “Interactions between Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Genotype in Educational Outcomes: A Novel Theoretical Typology and Meta-Analysis of Molecular Studies” Preregisred here: https://osf.io/9zse2/
Thomsen, Jens-Peter, and Asta Breinholt. “Mapping Parents’ Educational Values”
Ph.D. Dissertation
Breinholt, Asta. 2018. The Role of Parenting in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education. Ph.D. Thesis. ISBN 978-87-7209-127-3. Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen.
Book Chapters
Breinholt, Asta. 2020. “Udsatte familier: Hvad tæller for børns fremtidsudsigter?” [“Disadvantage Families: What Affects Children’s Future?” in Anette Faye Jacobsen & Anne-Dorthe Hestbæk (editors). Børns rettigheder. Udfordringer og Professionskrav [Children’s Rights. Challenges and Professional Requirements]. Akademisk Forlag.
Wahler, Susan, Sandra Buchholz, and Asta Breinholt. 2017. „Childcare arrangements at preschool age and later child outcomes in Denmark: The role of maternal education and type of care” (2017, forthcoming). In Blossfeld, H.-P., Kulic, N., Skopek, J., and Triventi, M. (Eds.), Childcare, Early Education and Social Inequality: An international perspective. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Hjorth-Trolle, Anders, and Asta Breinholt. 2017. “Forældreinvesteringer og social ulighed” [“Parental Investments and Social Inequality”] in Ploug, Niels, (ed.) Social arv og social ulighed [Social Inheritance and Social Inequality](2nd edition). ISBN 978-87-412-6539-1. København: Hans Reitzel.