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Circumstances and determination of individual outcomes in Bolivia : family background and equality of opportunities (2003-2013)

Herrera Jiménez, Alejandro; Villegas Quino, Horacio - 2016

We analyze the effect of some circumstances, i.e. exogenously determined individual characteristics, over individual income and likewise over achieved years of education. Gathering information for Bolivia and applying the theoretical scheme of Equality of Opportunity, this paper identifies as...

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Grand advantage : family wealth and grandchildren's educational achievement in Sweden

Hällsten, Martin; Pfeffer, Fabian T. - 2017

We study the role of family wealth for children's educational achievement using novel and unique Swedish register data …. In particular, we focus on the relationship between grandparents' wealth and their grandchildren’s educational … achievement. Doing so allows us to reliably establish the independent role of wealth in contributing to long-term inequalities in …

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The correlation of wealth between parents and children in Australia

Siminski, Peter; Yu, Sin Hung - 2021

We present the first estimates of intergenerational wealth correlation for Australia, using HILDA. The rank correlation … varies greatly by child age when wealth is observed, from 0.1 before age 30, to 0.5 after age 40. Most children in our ….306. Wealth correlations are difficult to interpret and not well grounded in theory. We therefore also implement Boserup et al …

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Are we architects of our own happiness? : the importance of family background for well-being

Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wunder, Christoph - 2014

This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or well- being). We estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in self-reported life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We...

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Are we architects of our own happiness? : the importance of family background for well-being

Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wunder, Christoph - 2014

This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or wellbeing). We estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in self-reported life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We find...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421528

Overqualification of graduates : assessing the role of family background

Erdsiek, Daniel - 2014

Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerational earnings persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that might operate beyond the mechanisms previously...

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Cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and family background : evidence from sibling correlations

Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2016

This paper estimates sibling correlations in cognitive and non-cognitive skills to evaluate the importance of family background for skill formation. Based on a large representative German dataset including IQ test scores and measures of non-cognitive skills, a restricted maximum likelihood model...

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Cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and family background : evidence from sibling correlations

Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2015 - This version: July 2015

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How equal are educational opportunities? : family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States

Woessmann, Ludger - 2004

This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...

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Cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and family background : evidence from sibling correlations

Anger, Silke; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458933