Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92325 
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2013
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[Journal:] IZA Journal of European Labor Studies [ISSN:] 2193-9012 [Volume:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 1-24
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Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper extends the previous literature on the intergenerational transmission of human capital by exploiting variation in compulsory schooling reforms across nine European countries over the period 1920-1956. My empirical strategy follows an instrumental variable (IV) approach, instrumenting parental education with years of compulsory schooling. I find some evidence of a causal relationship between parents' and children's education. The magnitude of the estimated effect is large: an additional year of parental education raises the child's education by 0.44 of a year. I also find that maternal schooling is more important than paternal schooling for the academic performance of their offspring. The results are robust to several specification checks.
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Intergenerational transmission
Human capital
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I20
J62
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