An examination of paternal and maternal intergenerational transmission of schooling

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 591-608

  Pronzato, Chiara ^a,b,c,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c CHILD Collegio Carlo Alberto   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Intergenerational transmission; Twin estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855691022     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0311-2     Document Type: Article

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