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

Petter Lundborg, Martin Nordin and Dan-Olof Rooth

Journal of Population Economics, 2018, vol. 31, issue 4, No 2, 1035-1065

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Intergenerational transmission; Human capital; Education; Health; Cognitive skills; Non-cognitive skills; Adoptees; Twins (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 I11 I12 J12 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s00148-018-0702-3

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