Schooling, Parents and Country

Rutgers University WP 96-17

17 Pages Posted: 11 Dec 1996

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Ira N. Gang

Rutgers University - Economics Department

Date Written: September 1996

Abstract

Our argument is that the importance of parents' schooling and female share of employment on children's schooling will vary by gender, ethnicity and economic system. We examine this issue across Germany, Hungary and the former Soviet Union. Our results indicate that there is a direct effect of economic system. Also, the slope coefficients vary among countries, ethnicity and gender. There are also differences in the human capital formation across ethnic groups and gender. While there is some assimilation across generations, it is far from complete.

JEL Classification: I21, J15, J62

Suggested Citation

Gang, Ira N., Schooling, Parents and Country (September 1996). Rutgers University WP 96-17, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=464 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.464

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