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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

  • Sandra E. Black
  • Paul J. Devereux
  • Kjell G. Salvanes
American Economic Review
vol. 95, no. 1, March 2005
(pp. 437–449)
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Citation

Black, Sandra, E., Paul J. Devereux, and Kjell G. Salvanes. 2005. "Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital." American Economic Review, 95 (1): 437–449. DOI: 10.1257/0002828053828635

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JEL Classification

  • I21 Analysis of Education
  • J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
  • J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity