This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes …, our results reveal a significant role of education in this intergenerational transmission. These results are particularly …

view. Using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data, we show that while in terms of attainment of tertiary education women … demonstrate that the role of education in explaining the gender earnings gap has been limited and even decreased over cohorts … education continues. …