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 …

of children from poorer families …

, we find that the children of persons affected in utero also have lower cognitive scores, suggesting a persistent …

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … relationship between parents' education and children's education, despite significant OLS relationships. We find 2SLS estimates … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely …

two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies--augmented with a …

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children's outcomes such as education, IQ scores …