connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …

connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …

comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …

This paper asks whether universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) raises parents' earnings and how much these earnings effects … enrolling in a full-day UPK program in New Haven, Connecticut on parents' labor market outcomes as well as educational … expenditures and children's academic performance. During children's pre-kindergarten years, UPK enrollment increases weekly …

trajectories for parents and children in Chile with a regression discontinuity design to describe the intergenerational evolution … rank, with higher intercepts and flatter slopes for children whose parents attend a set of high-status, high … capital. Children of parents just above the threshold for admission to elite degree programs score no better on college …

Do elite colleges help talented students join the social elite, or help incumbent elites retain their positions? We … children's social environment. Children become more likely to attend high-status private schools and colleges, and to live near …