Denny, Kevin(University College Dublin; Centre for Economic Research, 2007-11)
In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers-Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort ...
Denny, Kevin(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-02-04)
In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers-
Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort ...
Research on time preference formation and socioeconomic differences in discounting has received little attention to date. This article examines the extent to which
early childhood differences emerge in measures of ...
This paper investigates the robustness of recent findings on the effect of parental
education and income on child health. We are particularly concerned about spurious
correlation arising from the potential endogeneity ...
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more ...
Chevalier, Arnaud(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2004-05)
Is the intergenerational educational link due to nature or nurture? In order to answer this dilemma, this paper identifies the effect of parental education on their offspring’s schooling attainment using a discontinuity ...
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, ...
This paper examines the causal relationship between parents' education and that of their children in Norway. In 1959, the Norwegian Parliament legislated a mandatory school reform. In addition, the reform standardized the ...