Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20841 
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Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 652
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The problem with most intergenerational mobility estimates is that unmeasured and inherited abilities prevent us from drawing inferences. In this paper we estimate the intergenerational mobility of schooling and exploit differences between adopted and own birth children to obtain genetically unbiased estimates. Our results provide a much better insight on whether parents (and policy makers) can actually stimulate the educational attainment of future generations. Controlling for inherited abilities and assortative mating we find that the association between mother's (but not father's) and child schooling disappears.
Subjects: 
intergenerational mobility of schooling
inherited abilities
adoption
JEL: 
I21
J13
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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