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| Title: | | The role of childhood health for the intergenerational transmission of human capital: evidence from administrative data  |
| Authors: | | Salm, Martin Schunk, Daniel |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 3646 |
| Abstract: | | We use unique administrative German data to examine the role of childhood health for the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Specifically, we examine the extent to which a comprehensive list of health conditions - diagnosed by government physicians - can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less educated parents. In total, health conditions explain 18% of the gap in cognitive ability and 65% of that in language ability, based on estimations with sibling fixed effects. Thus, policies aimed at reducing disparities in child achievement should also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children. |
| Subjects: | | Health inequality human capital formation childhood health intergenerational mobility |
| JEL: | | J13 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080825237 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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