Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (CEMMAP) - 2003
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 … children's education are due primarily to family characteristics and inherited ability and not education spillovers. …