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
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6570

Classification
Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Education: Government Policy
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Subject
education
cognitive skills
non-cognitive skills
health
causality
schooling reforms
Bildungsniveau
Gesundheit
Generationenbeziehungen
Eltern
Kinder
Bildungsreform
Schweden

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Lundborg, Petter
Nilsson, Anton
Rooth, Dan-Olof
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2012

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201301213432
Last update
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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

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