The intergenerational transmission of maternal human capital and the gender gap in educational attainment
dc.contributor.author | Dussaillant, Francisca | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-05T20:40:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-05T20:40:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 01/06/2011 | |
dc.description.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] | |
dc.identifier.citation | Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, n° 3, p. 226-229 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11447/748 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.002 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Human capital | |
dc.subject | Labor economics | |
dc.subject | Economics | |
dc.subject | Research | |
dc.subject | Gender | |
dc.subject | Educational attainment | |
dc.subject | Intergenerational relations | |
dc.title | The intergenerational transmission of maternal human capital and the gender gap in educational attainment | |
dc.type | Artículo |
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