parental exposure to compulsory schooling (CS) laws on the human capital outcomes of children, exploiting the staggered roll … attainment of exposed individuals, but also that of their children. We find that one extra year of maternal (paternal) exposure … to CS increased children's educational attainment by 0.015 (0.016) years - larger than the average effects on the parents …

: What are Gatsby curves? When do they exist? We build a theoretical environment in which parental investment and education … improve the economic prospects of children. Gatsbian economies and Gatsby curves are formally defined, and we characterize the …