Abstract
We provide new evidence on some of the mechanisms reflected in the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Applying both an adoption and a twin design to rich data from the Swedish military enlistment, we show that greater parental education increases sons’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar across research designs and suggest that a substantial part of the effect of parental education on their young adult children’s human capital works through improving their skills and health.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1035-1065 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Journal of Population Economics |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 Oct 1 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
- Learning
- Pedagogy
Keywords
- Adoptees
- Cognitive skills
- Education
- Health
- Human capital
- Intergenerational transmission
- Non-cognitive skills
- Twins