The intergenerational transmission of human capital: the role of skills and health
利用瑞典征兵数据，通过收养和双胞胎研究设计，发现父母教育水平通过提升儿子的认知与非认知技能及健康，显著影响其人力资本。
We provide new evidence on some of the mechanisms reflected in the intergenerational transmission of human capital. Applying both an adoption and a twin design to rich data from the Swedish military enlistment, we show that greater parental education increases sons’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills, as well as their health. The estimates are in many cases similar across research designs and suggest that a substantial part of the effect of parental education on their young adult children’s human capital works through improving their skills and health.