Arbeitspapier
Genetic and Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in Elementary School
Socioeconomic (SES) gaps in academic achievement are well documented. We show that a very similar gap exists with respect to genetic differences measured by a polygenic score (PGS) for educational attainment. The genetic gap increases during elementary school, but only among the low SES children. Consequently, the high PGS children experience the largest achievement growth over the school years, even if they are born in socioeconomic disadvantage. While the SES gaps are partly due to selection into different environments, the high PGS children are simply better at extracting resources from a given environment because of higher conscientiousness and other predispositions.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15418
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Household Behavior: General
Education and Inequality
Returns to Education
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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child development
academic achievement
genetics
ses gaps
elementary schools
public investments
iPSYCH
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Houmark, Mikkel Aagaard
Ronda, Victor
Agerbo, Esben
Mortensen, Preben Bo
Rosholm, Michael
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
- 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Houmark, Mikkel Aagaard
- Ronda, Victor
- Agerbo, Esben
- Mortensen, Preben Bo
- Rosholm, Michael
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2022
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