Understanding Sibling Correlations in Education: Molecular Genetics and Family Background
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Keywords
sibling correlations; educational mobility; genetics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2023-02-06 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2023-02-06 (Microeconomic European Issues)
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