This paper documents a strong relationship between birth endowments of parents and the cognitive development of their … children. The association between maternal birth weight and child school test scores corresponds to 80 percent of the … association between the child’s own birth weight and test scores (both in univariate and multivariate settings). We find a strong …

of birth cohorts 1990 and 1987 as measure of human capital. The evidence suggest no significant overall impact of the …