THE EFFECTS OF FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS ON THE RETURN TO EDUCATION

Authors
ALTONJI JG DUNN TA
Citation
Jg. Altonji et Ta. Dunn, THE EFFECTS OF FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS ON THE RETURN TO EDUCATION, Review of economics and statistics, 78(4), 1996, pp. 692-704
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods",Economics
Journal title
Review of economics and statistics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346535
Volume
78
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
692 - 704
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6535(1996)78:4<692:TEOFCO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
In this paper we examine the role of parental education in the human c apital production function by estimating the effects of parental educa tion on the education profile of wages. The analysis uses sibling pair s from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the National Longitudina l Surveys of Labor Market Experience of Young Men and Young Women. We obtained mixed evidence on whether parental education raises the retur n to education.