Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

Revisiting genetic associations with educational outcomes during and after the Soviet era in Estonia

The paper examines genetic contributions to educational attainment and occupational status in Estonia during and after the Soviet era using the Estonian Biobank, finding increased genetic influence in education but not occupation.

Understanding indirect assortative mating and its intergenerational consequences for educational attainment

The paper develops a framework to estimate genetic and social homogamy using family data and finds that indirect assortative mating better explains educational attainment similarities than direct assortment.

Genetic Influences on Educational Attainment Through the Lens of the Evolving Swedish Welfare State: A cross-level gene-environment interaction study based on polygenic indices and longitudinal register data

This study examines how genetic propensities for educational attainment interact with macro-level institutional context and socioeconomic background using Swedish twin data.

Decoupling Genetics from Attainments: The Role of Social Environments

The paper investigates how social environments interact with genetic factors related to educational attainment, finding that higher social mobility reduces genetic influence on educational outcomes.

The production of within-family inequality: Insights and implications of integrating genetic data

The paper uses polygenic scores from sibling pairs in the UK Biobank to show compensatory processes in educational attainment, reducing genetic associations by 20% for higher-ranked siblings.

Polygenic prediction of occupational status GWAS elucidates genetic and environmental interplay for intergenerational status transmission, careers, and health

This GWAS identifies 106 genetic variants associated with occupational status and shows genetic and environmental factors contribute to intergenerational status transmission and health outcomes.

The big (genetic) sort? Reassessing migration patterns and their genetic imprint in the UK

This study re-examines genetic selective migration in the UK by analyzing migration patterns rather than place types, finding evidence of genetic selection in migration behavior.

The intergenerational transmission of educational attainment: A closer look at the (interrelated) roles of paternal involvement and genetic inheritance

This study examines how paternal involvement and genetic factors contribute to the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment using longitudinal data.

Estimating effects of parents' cognitive and non-cognitive skills on offspring education using polygenic scores

The paper estimates how parents' cognitive and non-cognitive skills affect offspring education through environmental effects using polygenic scores and multiple study designs.

Birth Order Differences in Education Originate in Post-Natal Environments

This study investigates whether birth order differences in education are due to genetic or in-utero factors, finding no genetic differences but suggesting post-natal environmental influences.

Genetic advantage and equality of opportunity in education: Two definitions and an empirical application

This paper quantifies equality of opportunity (EOp) by incorporating a genetic-based measure of innate ability, finding 26% and 21% of inequality of opportunity in the US under two definitions.

Genetic nurture effects on education: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This paper quantifies genetic nurture effects on educational outcomes, finding they are about half the size of direct genetic effects and largely explained by socioeconomic factors.

Predicting educational achievement from genomic measures and socioeconomic status

This study examines how genomic measures and socioeconomic status predict educational achievement across school years in UK children.