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on Neuroeconomics |
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Issue of 2021‒11‒22
two papers chosen by |
| By: | Hanushek, Eric A.; Jacobs, Babs (ROA / Education and transition to work, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research); Schwerdt, Guido; van der Velden, Rolf (ROA / Education and transition to work, RS: GSBE Theme Learning and Work); Vermeulen, Stan (ROA / Education and transition to work, RS: GSBE Theme Learning and Work); Wiederhold, Simon |
| Abstract: | The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and language skills across generations. We identify a causal connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these skills. The data also permit novel IV estimation that isolates variation in parental cognitive skills due to school and peer quality. The between-subject and IV estimates of the key intergenerational persistence parameter are strikingly similar and close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children’s choices of STEM fields. |
| JEL: | I24 J12 J24 J62 |
| Date: | 2021–11–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:unm:umaror:2021007&r= |
| By: | GAO, Jingjing; Wang, Xu; Wang, Tianyi; Chen, Yuting; He, Yang; Liu, Chengfang; Luo, Renfu; Rozelle, Scott |
| Keywords: | Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Community/Rural/Urban Development |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315874&r= |