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dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Mikaelen
dc.contributor.authorPalme, Mårtenen
dc.contributor.authorSandgren Massih, Sofiaen
dc.contributor.authorSjögren, Annaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-21-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-15T07:53:18Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-15T07:53:18Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201208065450en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58779-
dc.description.abstractMost previous studies of intergenerational transmission of human capital are restricted to two generations - parents and their children. In this study we use a Swedish data set which enables us link individual measures of lifetime earnings for three generations and data on educational attainments of four generations. We investigate to what extent estimates based on income data from two generations accurately predicts earnings persistence beyond two generations. We also do a similar analysis for intergenerational persistence in educational attainments. We find two-generation studies to severely under-predict intergenerational persistence in earnings and educational attainment over three generations. Finally, we use our multigenerational data on educational attainment to estimate the structural parameters in the Becker-Tomes model. Our results suggest a small or no causal effect of parental education on children's educational attainment.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6463en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelJ62en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordintergenerational income mobilityen
dc.subject.keywordhuman capital transmissionen
dc.subject.keywordmultigenerational income mobilityen
dc.subject.stwLebenseinkommenen
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwHumankapitalen
dc.subject.stwGenerationenbeziehungenen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwSchwedenen
dc.titleThe intergenerational persistence of human capital: An empirical analysis of four generations-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn715927221en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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