Arbeitspapier
Following in your parents' footsteps? Empirical analysis of matched parent-offspring test scores
In this paper, we explore whether an intergenerational relationship exists between the reading and mathematics test scores, taken at age 7, of a cohort of individuals born in 1958 and the equivalent test scores of their offspring measured in 1991. Our results suggest that how the parent performs in reading and mathematics during their childhood is positively related to the corresponding test scores of their offspring as measured at a similar age. The results further suggest that the effect of upbringing is mainly responsible for the inter-generational relationship in literacy, while genetic effects seem more relevant with respect to numeracy.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3986
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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Human capital
intergenerational transfers
literacy
numeracy
Humankapital
Generationenbeziehungen
Familie
Bildungsniveau
Kognition
Großbritannien
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Brown, Sarah
McIntosh, Steven
Taylor, Karl
- 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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2009
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090216105
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Brown, Sarah
- McIntosh, Steven
- Taylor, Karl
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2009