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Table 2 Slope coefficient of parent–child associations in years of schooling

From: Intergenerational mobility and self-selection on unobserved skills: New evidence

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Schooling parents \(\left({S}^{P}\right)\)

0.35***

(0.05)

0.36***

(0.05)

Schooling father \(\left({S}^{F}\right)\)

0.33***

(0.05)

0.27***

(0.06)

0.27***

(0.06)

Schooling mother \(\left({S}^{M}\right)\)

0.29***

(0.05)

0.11

(0.07)

0.11*

(0.07)

Age

0.21**

(0.08)

-

-–

0.20**

(0.08)

Constant

5.71***

(0.63)

1.03

(1.87)

5.94***

(0.61)

6.83***

(0.59)

5.96***

(0.61)

1.45

(1.90)

Adj. R2

0.204

0.241

0.207

0.156

0.211

0.232

  1. Sample comprises 206 individuals. Schooling Parents refers to the years of schooling of the parent with the highest years of schooling among the two. Schooling Father/Mother refers to the years of schooling. Regressions controlling for country of origin fixed effects. Robust standard errors in parentheses. Statistical significance level of the estimates: * for p < .10, ** for p < .05, and *** for p < .01. Source: Own estimates, sample taken from `Real-world Laboratory Survey among Asylum Seekers’