The intergenerational transmission of maternal human capital and the gender gap in educational attainment
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01/06/2011
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Abstract
An intergenerational effect of maternal (and not paternal) human capital on offspring’s human capital production is a mechanism that induces males and females to attain different education levels. This mechanism allows for explanations of the reversal in the gender education gap. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, n° 3, p. 226-229
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Human capital, Labor economics, Economics, Research, Gender, Educational attainment, Intergenerational relations