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Is Schooling "Mostly in the Genes"? Nature-N urture Decomposition Using Data on Relatives

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Behrman, Jere R
Taubman, Paul

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The authors modify R. A. Fisher's model by incorporating measures on the environment that may be correlated across kin groups. They estimate a model of schooling attainment using data on eight kin groups and find a large contribution of generic endowments to the variance in schooling, though certain aspects of the environment matter. Copyright 1989 by University of Chicago Press.

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Volume (Year): 97 (1989)
Issue (Month): 6 (December)
Pages: 1425-46
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