%0 Report
        %A Haegeland, Torbjørn
%A Kirkeboen, Lars
%A Raaum, Oddbjørn
%A Salvanes, Kjell G.
        %T Why Children of College Graduates Outperform their Schoolmates: A Study of Cousins and Adoptees
        %D 2010
        %8 2010 Dec
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 5369
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5369
        %X Massive cross-sectional evidence exists indicating that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates. However, evidence for causal interpretation of this association is weak. We examine a causal relationship using two approaches for identification within the same data: cousins with twin parents and adopted children. We find no effect of mothers' education on children's school performance using the children-of-twins approach. However, for adopted children, mother's education has a small positive effect. Tracking the work experience of parents during offspring childhood, we find no support that this effect can be explained by a higher labor force participation among more educated mothers.
        %K education
%K intergenerational mobility
%K twin parents
%K adoptees