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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| author | Miller, Paul Mulvey, C. Martin, N. |
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| description | 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 in twins studies such as Ashenfelter and Krueger [Ashenfelter, O., Krueger, A., 1994. Estimates of the economic return to schooling from a new sample of twins, American Economic Review, 84(5) pp. 1157–1173]. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-482822017-09-13T14:22:14Z Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins Miller, Paul Mulvey, C. Martin, N. 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 in twins studies such as Ashenfelter and Krueger [Ashenfelter, O., Krueger, A., 1994. Estimates of the economic return to schooling from a new sample of twins, American Economic Review, 84(5) pp. 1157–1173]. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48282 10.1016/j.econlet.2004.10.002 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | Miller, Paul Mulvey, C. Martin, N. Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins |
| title | Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins |
| title_full | Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins |
| title_fullStr | Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins |
| title_full_unstemmed | Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins |
| title_short | Birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins |
| title_sort | birth weight and schooling and earnings: estimates from a sample of twins |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48282 |