Belley, Philippe; Lochner, Lance - In: Journal of Human Capital 1 (2007) 1, pp. 37-89
We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and 1997 cohorts to estimate the effects of ability and family income on educational attainment in the early 1980s and early 2000s. The effects of family income on college attendance increase substantially over this period. Cognitive ability...