TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Salm, Martin
AU  - Schunk, Daniel
        TI  - The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data
        PY  - 2008/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3646
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3646
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - human capital formation
KW  - health inequality
KW  - intergenerational mobility
KW  - childhood health
        ER  -