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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2001
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 247
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
When parents are more educated, their children tend to receive more schooling as well. Does this occur because parental ability is passed on genetically or because more educated parents provide a better environment for children to flourish? Using an intergenerational sample of families, we estimate on the basis of a comparison of biological and adopted children that at most 65 percent of the parental ability is genetically transmitted.
Schlagwörter: 
Intergenerational mobility
human capital
genetic transfers
adoption
JEL: 
J24
J13
I21
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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