Keane, Michael P.; Roemer, John E. - In: Journal of Public Economics 93 (2009) 7-8, pp. 879-898
The inter-generational correlation of education in the U.S. is tremendous. For instance, in PSID data from 1990, young males with college-educated parents had a 70% chance of attending college. But those with high school drop-out parents had only a 15% chance. In this paper, we analyze the...