The intergenerational transmission of maternal human capital and the gender gap in educational attainment

Francisca Dussaillant

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, issue 3, 226-229

Abstract: An intergenerational effect of maternal (and not paternal) human capital on offspring's human capital production is a mechanism that induces males and females to attain different education levels. This mechanism allows for explanations of the reversal in the gender education gap.

Keywords: Gender; education; gap; Intergenerational; transmission; of; human; capital; Maternal; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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