The intergenerational transmission of human capital

The role of skills and health

We provide new evidence on some of the mechanisms reflected in the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Applying both an adoption and a twin design to rich data from the Swedish military enlistment, we show that greater parental education increases sons’ cognitive and non-cognitive skill...

Full description

Bibliographic details

Volume:	31
Main Author:	Lundborg, Petter Nordin, Martin Rooth, Dan Olof
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018 SPRINGER Springer
published in:	Journal of population economics Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 1035 - 1065
ORCID:	0000-0001-8887-5677
Data of publication:	2018
ISSN:	0933-1433 1432-1475 1432-1475
EISSN:	1432-1475
Discipline:	Economics Education Psychology
Subjects:	Sohn Bildung Physiologischer Faktor Humankapital Kognitive Kompetenz Genetik Generation Bildungsertrag Humankapitaltheorie Kind Soziale Qualifikation Entwicklungsland Herkunftsland Schweden Gesundheitszustand Gesundheit Schulbesuch Economics Non-cognitive skills Population Economics Intergenerational transmission C41 Demography Human capital Health Adoptees I11 J12 I12 J14 Labor Economics Education Cognitive skills Social Policy Twins Business & Economics Social Sciences Parenting Research institutes Pedagogik Psychology Samhällsvetenskap Learning Utbildningsvetenskap Pedagogy Lärande Psykologi (exklusive tillämpad psykologi) Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology) Psykologi Educational Sciences Non-cognitive skills Intergenerational transmission Human capital Health Adoptees ENDOWMENTS BIRTH-WEIGHT PARENTAL EDUCATION LABOR-MARKET CHILDHOOD SAMPLE SWEDISH ADOPTION DATA Education SCHOOLING REFORM Cognitive skills OUTCOMES Twins
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	FIS Bildung Literaturdatenbank Springer Journals Complete - Open Access Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2018 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) SWEPUB Lunds universitet SwePub Articles - Free Access SwePub Articles Database information Databases - DBIS