This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational … income persistence in the U.S. I develop a dynamic general equilibrium model where lifetime income endogenously persists … including the U.S. income quintile transition matrix. I find that the parental time investment channel accounts for nearly 40 …

This study examines the effects of parental labor market activities on children's education attainment. In contrast to … the existing literature we consider parental experiences until the children graduate from school. In addition, the effects … drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel an ordered probit estimator is used to model children's education attainment …

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 …