...Md Nasir Uddin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find the rate of intergenerational transmission of human capital and comparative schooling attainment between lower and higher income families using the labor force survey in Thailand. Design/methodology/approach Instrumental variable (IV...

... with possible causes, including poor family background or childhood poverty, with which the implication of an intergenerational effect is considered. Professor Almas Heshmati can be contacted at: heshmati@sogang.ac.kr © Company 2015 Family background Intergenerational transmission Childhood...

... connections, ability, race, skills, genetic characteristics and family culture). Brazil Inequality Intergenerational transmission Becker and Tomes model Mobility Three generations Most intergenerational mobility studies use data on two generations to estimate children's earnings...