Does Human Capital Transfer from Parent to Child? The Intergenerational Effects of Compulsory Schooling

The strong correlation between parents' economic status and that of their children has been well-documented, but little is known about the extent to which this is a causal phenomenon. This paper attempts to improve our understanding of the causal processes that contribute to intergenerational

父母经济地位与其子女经济地位之间的强相关性已被充分记录，但对于这种相关性在多大程度上属于因果现象，人们知之甚少。本文试图增进我们对促成代际（intergenerational）的因果过程的理解。