between children of rich and poor parents remain as high in Nordic countries as elsewhere in Europe. One explanation for this … investments in children contribute to a levelled playing field and promote social mobility. However, gaps in learning outcomes … paradox is that the equalizing impacts of public investments are undone by parental investments in children of rich and poor …

find that the children of Italian immigrants exhibit high intergenerational mobility and no less opportunity than natives …, we evaluate different patterns by time of arrival, Italian region of origin and language spoken at home …

achievements between immigrants and natives. However, we find that the children of Italian immigrants exhibit fairly high …

natives, we find that the children of Italian immigrants exhibit high intergenerational mobility and no less opportunities …. Additionally, we evaluate different patterns by time of arrival, Italian region of origin and language spoken at home. …

children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with … variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents’ socioeconomic background. …

children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with … variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents' socioeconomic background …

This paper examines whether children are better off if their parents have stronger social networks. Using data on high …-school friendships of parents, we analyze whether the number and characteristics of friends affect the labor-market outcomes of children … persistency and network measurement error. Only when children enter the labor market, we find that friends of parents have a …

locus of control of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in the upbringing of … their children from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who are more involved in the … personality traits of their children. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes, the Big Five personality traits and …

children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children …-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents who invest more in the upbringing of their children are more similar to them with … variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents' socioeconomic background …

household survey dataset, which allows us to match respondents to their siblings and parents. Our results indicate that …, even after conditioning on the attitudes of parents and other controls. This trust deficit persists into early adulthood …