Intergenerational transmission of human capital: Is it a one-way street?

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作者
Lundborg, Petter [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Majlesi, Kaveh [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, Dept Econ, POB 7082, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden
[2] IZA, Schaumburg Lippe Str 5-9, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
[3] Lund Univ, Ctr Econ Demog, POB 7083, SE-22007 Lund, Sweden
关键词
Intergenerational transmission; Education; Mortality; Health; Mobility; HEALTH EVIDENCE; ADULT MORTALITY; EDUCATION; PARENTS; SWEDISH; CHILDREN; BENEFITS; MOBILITY; SHOCKS; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.12.001
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Studies on the intergenerational transmission of human capital usually assume a one-way spillover from parents to children. However, children may also affect their parents' human capital. Using exogenous variation in education, arising from a Swedish compulsory schooling reform in the 1950s and 1960s, we address this question by studying the causal effect of children's schooling on their parents' longevity. We first replicate previous findings of a positive and significant cross-sectional relationship between children's education and their parents' longevity. Our instrumental variables estimates are not statistically different from zero. However, they hide substantial heterogeneity by the gender of the child and the parent; female schooling is found to affect longevity of fathers and especially those from low socioeconomic background. Taken together, our results point to the importance of daughters' schooling for parental health and to the importance of considering heterogeneous impacts. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:206 / 220
页数:15
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