opportunities of less educated natives is scant. On the question of assimilation, the success of the U.S.-born children of … daughters have higher education and wages than the children of natives. Even children of the least- educated immigrant origin … groups have closed most of the education gap with the children of natives …

attainment between parents and children, we document lower average mobility rates for blacks than whites, but wide variation … quality of local schools, with bigger effects for the children of less-educated parents. We then narrow our focus to black …We use 1940 Census data to study the intergenerational transmission of human capital for children born in the 1920s and …

had the same level of permanent income prior to 1982 when some of the fathers were displaced. We demonstrate that job loss … leads to large permanent reductions in family income. Comparing outcomes among individuals whose fathers experienced an … employment shock to outcomes among individuals whose fathers did not, we find that children whose fathers were displaced have …

The strong correlation between parents' economic status and that of their children has been well-documented, but little … laws that affected the educational attainment of parents without affecting their innate abilities or endowments. We examine … the influence of parental compulsory schooling on grade retention status for children aged 7 to 15 using the 1960, 1970 …

affirm that marginal returns to education among children of less-educated parents are as high and perhaps much higher than … education and earnings than other men. The education and earnings gains are concentrated among men with poorly-educated parents …