Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245759 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14708
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We introduce a novel strategy to study the intergenerational transmission of human capital, net of genetic skill transfers. For this purpose, we use unique data on children conceived through sperm and egg donation in IVF treatments in Denmark. Because the assignment of donors is not selective, the intergenerational human capital estimates allow for a causal nurture interpretation. Once we take account of genes, we find that only the education of mothers matters: the association between mother's education and child test scores is significant and large, whereas the association between father's education and child test scores is insignificant and practically zero.
Subjects: 
intergenerational mobility
human capital
donor children
JEL: 
I24
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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