Schools as moderators of genetic associations with life course attainments: Evidence from the WLS and add health

Sociological Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2018, Pages 513-540

  Trejo, Sam ^a   Belsky, Daniel W ^b   Boardman, Jason D ^c   Freese, Jeremy ^d   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^e   Herd, Pam ^f   Sicinski, Kamil ^f   Domingue, Benjamin W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; GxE; Polygenic score; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063074987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23306696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15195/V5.A22     Document Type: Article

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