Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins

Based on analysis of a sample of twins, this study suggests that birth weight is not related to levels of schooling, that it plays only a minor role in the determination of earnings, and that ability differences that are not removed in the within-twins model of earnings are not biasing the results i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Miller, Paul, Mulvey, C., Martin, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48282