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Petter Lundborg. Photo.

Petter Lundborg

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Petter Lundborg. Photo.

The intergenerational transmission of human capital : the role of skills and health

Author

  • Petter Lundborg
  • Martin Nordin
  • Dan Olof Rooth

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