TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Haegeland, Torbjørn
AU  - Kirkeboen, Lars
AU  - Raaum, Oddbjørn
AU  - Salvanes, Kjell G.
        TI  - Why Children of College Graduates Outperform their Schoolmates: A Study of Cousins and Adoptees
        PY  - 2010/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5369
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5369
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - education
KW  - intergenerational mobility
KW  - twin parents
KW  - adoptees
        ER  -