We use data from a large sample of adoptees born in Sweden to study to what extent the well-established association … between parental educational attainments and adult health of the child generation can be attributed to pre- or post … health outcomes as adults. These results suggest that growing up in a better-educated household has long-term effects on …

. -- intergenerational mobility ; education ; causation ; selection ; identification …

, for the intergenerational association in education and income. We find that both pre- and post-birth factors contribute to … intergenerational transmissions, and that pre-birth factors are more important for mother's education and less important for father …. -- intergenerational mobility ; nature and nurture ; income ; education ; adoption data …

Recent studies that aim to estimate the causal link between the education of parents and their children provide …. Our findings therefore indicate that the estimated impact of parental education on that of their child in Sweden does … quality of each identification procedure; and (iii) get at better perspective about intergenerational effects of education. We …