This paper investigates the robustness of recent findings on the effect of parental education and income on child … health. We are particularly concerned about spurious correlation arising from the potential endogeneity of parental income … and education. Using an instrumental variables approach, our results suggest that the parental income and education …

We study how fathers’ and mothers’ income satisfaction correlate with the income satisfaction of their sons and … daughters, as well as with other economic and sociodemographic variables. We estimate these correlations using data on parents … and children in households surveyed in the eight waves of the European Community Household Panel-ECHP (1994-2001) for 14 …