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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 105, Issue 1, Pages 138-140Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.06.022
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Intergenerational mobility; Cognitive skills; Intergenerational transmission
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Using a large population-based dataset, we estimate a substantial intergenerational transmission of IQ scores; a 10% increase in father's score at age 18 is associated with a 3.2% increase in son's score. This relationship also holds true for various subpopulations. (C) 2009 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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