Is Schooling "Mostly in the Genes"? Nature-Nurture Decomposition Using Data on Relatives
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Journal of Political Economy
- Vol. 97 (6) , 1425-1446
- https://doi.org/10.1086/261661
Abstract
We modify R. A. Fisher's model by incorporating measures of the environment that may be correlated across kin groups. We estimate a model of schooling attainment using data on eight kin groups and find a large contribution of genetic endowments to the variance in schooling though certain aspects of the environment matter.Keywords
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