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We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
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We study the contribution of parental similarity in schooling levels to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. We develop an empirical model for educational correlations within the family in which parental sorting can translate into intergenerational transmission, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517207
We reconstruct the genealogical tree of all individuals ever appearing in Dutch municipalities records since 1995. Using microdata from tax authorities, we compute a measure of their permanent earnings and assess the degree to which the intergenerational transmission process is heterogeneous....
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scores and measures of personality (locus of control, reciprocity, Big Five) for brothers and sisters. Using a Restricted …. Sibling correlations of personality traits range from 0.24 to 0.59, indicating that even for the lowest estimate, one fourth … in cognitive skills are higher than 0.50, indicating that more than half of the inequality can be explained by family …
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We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of … personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
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We show that socio-economic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of many facets of a child's personality. The facets of … personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …'s personality by documenting that many dimensions of a child's environment differ systematically by SES: parenting style, quantity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530593
We analyze the impact of an increase in compulsory schooling policy on the gender gap in intergenerational educational persistence using the Turkish Adult Education Survey (2012). Prior to the reform there is a gender gap in the association of parents' educational attainment with their...
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to cognitive ability are generally consistent across family background groups, personality traits have very different …
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Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement …
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Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement …
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