Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260047 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2012:22
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
We provide new evidence on the causal mechanisms reflected in the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Applying both an adoption and a twin design to rich data from the Swedish military enlistment, we show that greater parental education increases son's cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar across research designs and suggest that a substantial part of the effect of parental education on the children's education works through improving children's skills and health.
Subjects: 
Intergenerational Transmission
Human Capital
Education
Health
JEL: 
C41
I11
I12
J12
J14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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