transmitted from one parent to a child. But because the characteristics of both parents are important in shaping children … highly-educated women. Using data on parents and children in the United States, I find that assortative mating explains about …’s outcomes, the way in which a generation of parents is sorted into couples is likely to be a key determinant of …

children of immigrants to Canada, referred to as second-generation immigrants, and similarly-aged children of Canadian …-born parents. Two definitions of second-generation immigrants were introduced. The first considered a Canadian resident with at … least one immigrant parent to be a second-generation immigrant, while the second definition required that both parents were …

. Parental influence on children’s educational level is a reality that often hinders such progress. In a diverse society like …