@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3646,
            	author={Salm, Martin and Schunk, Daniel},
            	title={The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data},
            	year={2008},
	month={Aug},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={3646},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3646},
	abstract={We use unique administrative German data to examine the role of childhood health for the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Specifically, we examine the extent to which a comprehensive list of health conditions – diagnosed by government physicians – can account for developmental gaps between the children of college educated parents and those of less educated parents. In total, health conditions explain 18% of the gap in cognitive ability and 65% of that in language ability, based on estimations with sibling fixed effects. Thus, policies aimed at reducing disparities in child achievement should also focus on improving the health of disadvantaged children.},
	keywords={human capital formation;health inequality;intergenerational mobility;childhood health},
            }