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The relative importance of nature, nurture and peer effects on educational attainment: Evidence from the twins of the National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study

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  • Hawkes, Denise

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What determines educational success? Are we just born with the ability to do well at school or do our family provide us with the tools needed to excel in education? Can even the best genes and family be overridden by the bad influence of our peers? This paper uses a new addition to the National Child Development Survey (NCDS) and the British Cohort Study 1970 (BCS70), data on the twins, to shed new light on this age old question.

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  • Hawkes, Denise, 2010. "The relative importance of nature, nurture and peer effects on educational attainment: Evidence from the twins of the National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study," Greenwich Papers in Political Economy 4822, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre.
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