is also associated with higher wages, but only among individuals with a college education. Moreover, the genetic gradient … market outcomes in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We demonstrate that the same genetic score that predicts education … in wages has grown in more recent birth cohorts, consistent with interactions between technological change and labor …

is also associated with higher wages, but only among individuals with a college education. Moreover, the genetic gradient … market outcomes in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We demonstrate that the same genetic score that predicts education … in wages has grown in more recent birth cohorts, consistent with interactions between technological change and labor …

,417,460 individuals from 1,341,403 families born in the Netherlands between 1966 and 1995. Comparisons between parents and their children … be roughly stable across cohorts. Despite a reduction in overall education inequality, we conclude that family background …We analyse the evolving impact of family background on educational attainment using administrative data on 2 …

skills in literacy and numeracy remains high. Indeed, in some countries the return for such skills, in the form of higher … wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in high demand and that there is a relative scarcity. Policymakers … need robust evidence in order to devise interventions that genuinely improve basic skills, not just of new school leavers …

education. While men with low skills out-earn their higher-skilled counterparts when they are very young, their earnings are … educational and labour market outcomes of young people. Students with lower skills have lower rates of participation in further … overtaken by those with higher skills when they are in their early twenties and earn around 15 % less by the age of 25. The …

personality. By studying a sample of adopted children whose parents are respondents of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we …While many studies have shown that parental skills are important for child outcomes, whether this derives from non …-genetic mechanisms is less clear. We investigate the nurture effects of parental cognitive and socio-emotional skills in producing …

correlation of permanent earnings into family and community effects allowing for life-cycle dynamics; finding that family is the … accounts for the joint earnings dynamics of siblings and youth community peers. We are the first to decompose the sibling … most important factor influencing earnings inequality over the life cycle. Community background explains a substantial …

affluent families; time use evidence indicates that this is likely because affluent parents are more involved in their children …Disruptions in family life can take many forms, but all have the potential to impact student learning. With school … administrative data matched to birth records, I estimate the effect of unexpected changes in the home environment, or family shocks …

This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It … expected levels of English skills in each of over 500 occupations in the US Census. Earnings data from the 2000 US Census for … that earnings are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the …

relationship between the status of undergraduate degrees and earnings among those with elite post-baccalaureate degrees. Few …, undergraduate institutional prestige continues to be positively related to earnings overall as well as among those with specific … elite institution, the present value of the earnings advantage to having both an undergraduate and a graduate degree from an …