Arbeitspapier
Like father, like son? A note on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the intergenerational correlation in IQ scores, examining not just average correlations but also how this relationship varies for different subpopulations. We find that there is substantial intergenerational transmission of IQ scores; an increase in father's IQ at age 18 of 10% is associated with a 3.2% increase in son's IQ at the same age. This relationship holds true no matter how we break the data. This effect is much larger than our estimated elasticity of intergenerational transmission of income of approximately .2.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3651
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Ability
intergenerational mobility
Familie
Väter
Kinder
Kognition
Generationenbeziehungen
Schätzung
Norwegen
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Black, Sandra E.
Devereux, Paul J.
Salvanes, Kjell G.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080828111
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Black, Sandra E.
- Devereux, Paul J.
- Salvanes, Kjell G.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2008
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