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Table 4 Effects of Parents’ education, naive OLS

From: Intergenerational transmission of human capital in Europe: evidence from SHARE

Dependent variable:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Child’s education

     

Parental education

0.325***

0.327***

0.305***

0.286***

0.286***

 

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

Female (child)

 

0.204***

0.217***

0.225***

0.225***

  

(0.066)

(0.065)

(0.063)

(0.064)

Household size

 

-0.135***

-0.121***

-0.170***

-0.176***

  

(0.042)

(0.043)

(0.043)

(0.043)

Socio-demographic controls

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cohort F.E. for parents

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Country F.E.

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cohort F.E. for children

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Country-specific quadratic trends

No

No

No

No

Yes

Observations

6,184

6,184

6,184

6,184

6,184

R 2

0.178

0.190

0.228

0.243

0.247

Mean of Dep. Var.

13.25

    

Std. Dev. of Dep. Var.

2.84

    
  1. Notes: Birth cohort dummies for parents and children are in 1-year intervals. Country-specific quadratic cohort trends are computed by interacting parental birth cohort and its square with country dummies. Standard errors clustered at the parents’ country and cohort level are reported in parentheses. * Significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%.