Returns to education: What do twin studies control?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-515

  Stanek, Kevin C ^a   Iacono, William G ^a   McGue, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

co twin control method; discordant twins; income; returns to education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTIVATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TWIN DISCORDANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINNESOTA; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860831245     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.6.509     Document Type: Article

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