Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35355 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3986
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we explore whether an intergenerational relationship exists between the reading and mathematics test scores, taken at age 7, of a cohort of individuals born in 1958 and the equivalent test scores of their offspring measured in 1991. Our results suggest that how the parent performs in reading and mathematics during their childhood is positively related to the corresponding test scores of their offspring as measured at a similar age. The results further suggest that the effect of upbringing is mainly responsible for the inter-generational relationship in literacy, while genetic effects seem more relevant with respect to numeracy.
Subjects: 
Human capital
intergenerational transfers
literacy
numeracy
JEL: 
J13
J24
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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