variation in the effects of highest education of parents on family’s ability to scale poverty, defined as the household’s income … nationally representative telephone survey that included 86,537 parents of children 0–17 years old. The sample was composed of … parents. The dependent variable was household poverty status (income-to-needs ratio). Race was the focal moderator. Linear …

secondary education to selective academic programs that open doors to skilled, well-paid professions. This gives parents a …Even the most egalitarian education systems employ high-stakes tests to regulate the transition from universal … strong incentive to invest substantial resources in improving their children's' achievement on these tests, thus reinforcing …

to stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children … access increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support …This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to illustrate how better access to higher education can lead …

stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children. Swedish data … increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support the notion …This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to explain how better access to higher education leads to …

stronger assortative mating on skills of parents and more polarized skill and earnings distributions of children. Swedish data … increases both skill sorting in couples and skill and earnings inequality among their children. All findings support the notion …This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to explain how better access to higher education leads to …

income and likewise over achieved years of education. Gathering information for Bolivia and applying the theoretical scheme … characteristics (such as gender, ethnicity) and family background (household characteristics and parental education). We handle and … education level determination in Bolivia. However, we also evidence that within ten years the conditioning of income to those …

We study the role of family wealth for children's educational achievement using novel and unique Swedish register data … findings indicate that family wealth inequality - even in a comparatively egalitarian context like Sweden - has profound …-term consequences of wealth inequality may be conservative for nations other than Sweden, like the U.S., where family wealth - in …

transmission of comparative skill advantages. Exploiting within-family between-subject variation in skills, we show that … 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. …

transmission of comparative skill advantages. Exploiting within-family between-subject variation in skills, we show that … 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. …

transmission of comparative skill advantages. Exploiting within-family between-subject variation in skills, we show that … 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 …