The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities

We study the intergenerational transmission of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities between fathers and sons using population-wide enlistment data. Measurement error bias in fathers‘ ability measures is corrected for using two sets of instruments. Results suggest that previous estimates of intergenerational ability correlations are biased downwards; once corrected for, the non-cognitive correlation is close to that of cognitive ability. We also predict mothers‘ abilities and find the mother-son cognitive ability correlation to be stronger than the father-son correlation. Finally, educational attainment and labor market outcomes of both sons and daughters are strongly related to both parents‘ cognitive and non-cognitive abilities

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Gronqvist, Erik ; Öckert, Björn ; Vlachos, Jonas
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Generationengerechtigkeit \| Intergenerational equity \| Schweden \| Sweden \| Persönlichkeitspsychologie \| Personality psychology \| Kinder \| Children \| Eltern \| Parents \| Intelligenz \| Intelligence \| Mütter \| Mothers \| Jungen \| Boys \| Kognition \| Cognition

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