Does Family Income Matter for Schooling Outcomes ? Using Adoptes as A Natural Experiment  

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Vijverberg, Wim ; Plug, Erik

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Economic Journal (EBSCO) vol. 115 no. 506 (Oct. 2005), page 879-906.
Topik: school; family income; matters; outcomes; adoptees; natural experiments
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One would expect that family income is an important positive factor in children's school attainment. However, evidence is often tainted by the lack of control for parental ability, since at least a portion of ability is transferred genetically to children. This paper uses a sample of adopted children and offers genetically unbiased estimates. We further correct for biases arising from unobserved parenting qualities and from parents' differentiation between their own birth and adopted children. Family income still has a significant effect. It implies that high ability children in low income families face binding credit constraints that society may wish to relieve.

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