Arbeitspapier
Parental education and offspring outcomes: Evidence from the Swedish compulsory schooling reform
In this paper, we exploit the Swedish compulsory schooling reform in order to estimate the causal effect of parental education on son's outcomes. We use data from the Swedish enlistment register on the entire population of males and focus on outcomes such as cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and various dimensions of health at the age of 18. We find significant and positive effects of maternal education on sons' skills and health status. Although the reform had equally strong effects on father's education as on mother's education, we find little evidence that paternal education improves son's outcomes.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6570
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Education: Government Policy
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- Subject
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education
cognitive skills
non-cognitive skills
health
causality
schooling reforms
Bildungsniveau
Gesundheit
Generationenbeziehungen
Eltern
Kinder
Bildungsreform
Schweden
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Lundborg, Petter
Nilsson, Anton
Rooth, Dan-Olof
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-201301213432
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Lundborg, Petter
- Nilsson, Anton
- Rooth, Dan-Olof
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2012