Silke Anger|Guido Heineck
Do smart parents raise smart children? The intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities
German Institute for Economic Research|Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung
complementing prior research income educational mobility examine intergenerational transmission cognitive abilities find individuals cognitive skills positively related parents abilities despite controlling educational attainment family background differentiating mothers fathers iq transmission find different effects cognition sons daughters cognitive skills based past learning strongly transmitted generations skills related innate abilities findings compatible pure genetic model rather point importance parental investments childrens cognitive outcomes