tend to be well off themselves. We investigate the role of family background in determining children's wealth accumulation … in one type of family versus another. Our findings show that family background matters significantly for children …

neighbourhood careers of children once they have left the parental home. We use a quasi-experimental family design exploiting … different than synthetic pairs but the difference gets smaller with time, indicating a quicker attenuation of the family effect …

potential productivity losses at the macro and the micro level. This study explores how the family background of German … pathways of the family background effects are discussed and proxy variables for the mediating factors ability and skills, study … characteristics, and social capital are important mediators of the family background effects. …