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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
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3986

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Thema
Human capital
intergenerational transfers
literacy
numeracy
Humankapital
Generationenbeziehungen
Familie
Bildungsniveau
Kognition
Großbritannien

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Brown, Sarah
McIntosh, Steven
Taylor, Karl
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2009

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090216105
Letzte Aktualisierung
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

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