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dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Orlaen
dc.contributor.authorHarmon, Colmen
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Ianen
dc.date.accessioned2006-02-24-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:07:29Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:07:29Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33160-
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the robustness of recent findings on the effect of parental background on child health. We are particularly concerned with the extent to which their finding that income effects on child health are the result of spurious correlation rather than some causal mechanism. A similar argument can be made for the effect of education - if parental education and child health are correlated with some common unobservable (say, low parental time preference) then least squares estimates of the effect of parental education will be biased upwards. Moreover, it is very common for parental income data to be grouped, in which case income is measured with error and the coefficient on income will be biased towards zero and there are good reasons why the extent of bias may vary with child age. Fixed effect estimation is undermined by measurement error and here we adopt the traditional solution to both spurious correlation and measurement error and use an instrumental variables approach. Our results suggest that the income effects observed in the data are spurious.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1832en
dc.subject.jelI1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordchild healthen
dc.subject.keywordintergenerational transmissionen
dc.subject.stwSozialer Statusen
dc.subject.stwEinkommenen
dc.subject.stwKinderen
dc.subject.stwGesundheiten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwElternen
dc.subject.stwMethode der kleinsten Quadrateen
dc.titleThe impact of parental income and education on the health of their children-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn507986881en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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