Massive cross-sectional evidence exists indicating that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates … for identification within the same data: cousins with twin parents and adopted children. We find no effect of mothers …' education on children's school performance using the children-of-twins approach. However, for adopted children, mother …

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is … estimated elasticity of intergenerational transmission of income of approximately .2 …

change parents' resources and restrictions have causal effects on their children …In every society for which we have data, people's educational achievement is positively correlated with their parents …' education or with other indicators of their parents' socioeconomic status. This topic is central in social science, and there is …