step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …

specifications, including family fixed effects. -- disability ; intergenerational correlations ; siblings fixed effects …

The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to … provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique … connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these …

between siblings' earnings reflect shared community and family background. These earnings relationships capture important …

We study the importance of the extended family - the dynasty - for the persistence in inequality across generations. We … extended family relative to the parents increases. …

tend to be well off themselves. We investigate the role of family background in determining children's wealth accumulation … in one type of family versus another. Our findings show that family background matters significantly for children …