"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature … parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their 'adoptive 'families. The results of the analysis suggest …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living …

surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …

students in 1997 to examine their schooling and employment status in 2000. The findings demonstrate that: (1) attendance at …

graduates instead of the high unobserved ability of students who choose to attend post-secondary education. To this end, the … experienced greater disruptions, children's educational attainment became less correlated with that of their fathers and more … selection of high-ability students into higher education. The analysis also demonstrates that these results are unlikely to be …

of their personal attributes and human capital endowments, and are more likely to be males and have parents in the public …