Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44217 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5074
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The intergenerational transmission of education is certainly a problem that continues to challenge most countries. The level of education that an individual rises to is linked to the education level(s) of her/his parents. This note serves as an alert to researchers undertaking empirical investigation into how the parents' education should be considered with regard to the child's. Using Portuguese data we conclude that the parents should be viewed as a unit (i.e. as a couple), and we should examine all of the different education combinations, avoiding the temptation to aggregate them in larger categories.
Subjects: 
transmission of education
human capital
parent's education
JEL: 
I21
J11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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