@techreport{Plug2001Schooling,
abstract = {One would expect that family income is an important positive factor in the school attainment of
children. However, evidence on this relationship is often tainted by the lack of control for parental
ability, since at least a portion of ability is transferred genetically to children. This paper
considers empirical strategies that control for both observed and unobserved parental ability. In
the end, family income still has a significant effect, which must therefore be causative. It implies
that high-ability children in low-income families face binding credit constraints that society may
wish to relieve.},
author = {Erik Plug and Wim P. M. Vijverberg},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D31; I21; J13; J24; 330; Intergenerational mobility; human capital; family income; adoption; Bildungsverhalten; Bildungsniveau; Familiensoziologie; Haushaltseinkommen; Bildungschancen; Sch\"{a}tzung; USA},
language = {eng},
number = {246},
title = {Schooling Family, Background, and Adoption: Does Family Income Matter?},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21095},
year = {2001}
}
