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Title: Intergenerational Effects of Mothers Schooling on Children's Outcomes: Causal Links and Transmission Channels
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Carneiro, Pedro M. Meghir, Costas Parey, Matthias |
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Intergenerational Effects of Mothers Schooling on Children's Outcomes: Causal Links and Transmission Channels Working Paper, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, October 12, 2005. Also: http://www.fundacionareces.es/PDF/educacion/carneiro.pdf Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mothers, Education; Parental Influences; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); School Progress; Tuition; Variables, Instrumental Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The objective of this paper is to investigate mothers education as a driving force behind children's schooling outcomes and to explore channels through which the effect of mothers schooling is transmitted. Using matched data from the female participants of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) and their children, we study the causal effect of mothers education on children's outcomes when they are aged nine to ten. We exploit geographical and intertemporal variation in mothers schooling cost at the time when the mother grew up. The data allows to control for mothers ability and family background factors. Our results indicate substantial intergenerational returns to education. We find that children's math test score and a measure of grade repetition are significantly affected by mothers education, but we do not find effects on an index of behavioural problems. The rich data set allows us to study different channels which may transmit the effect of mothers education on children's outcomes, including aspects of mother characteristics and parental investments. In particular, we find a significant effect of mothers education on the mothers age when she gave birth to her first child, on available family income and on the cognitive home environment provided by the parents. In line with related literature, we find IV results that are substantially higher than OLS results, indicating heterogeneity in returns. |
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Carneiro, Pedro M., Costas Meghir and Matthias Parey. "Intergenerational Effects of Mothers Schooling on Children's Outcomes: Causal Links and Transmission Channels." Working Paper, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, October 12, 2005. |