Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas; Öckert, Björn - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
We study the intergenerational transmission of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities between fathers and sons using population-wide enlistment data. Measurement error bias in fathers’ ability measures is corrected for using two sets of instruments. Results suggest that previous estimates of...