Petter Lundborg
Professor
The intergenerational transmission of human capital : the role of skills and health
Author
Summary, in English
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 skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar across research designs and suggest that a substantial part of the effect of parental education on their young adult children’s human capital works through improving their skills and health.
Department/s
- Department of Economics
Publishing year
2018-10-01
Language
English
Pages
1035-1065
Publication/Series
Journal of Population Economics
Volume
31
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
- Learning
- Pedagogy
Keywords
- Adoptees
- Cognitive skills
- Education
- Health
- Human capital
- Intergenerational transmission
- Non-cognitive skills
- Twins
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0933-1433