Replication Data: Educational Attainment and Intergenerational Mobility – A Polygenic Score Analysis
Creators:
Aldo Rustichini, William G. Iacono, James J. Lee, and Matt McGue
Publication Date:
2023
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This dataset, hosted on Harvard Dataverse, contains the replication data for the study "Educational Attainment and Intergenerational Mobility: A Polygenic Score Analysis" (Rustichini, Iacono, Lee & McGue, 2023, Journal of Political Economy). It includes individual-level genetic (polygenic score) and socioeconomic data used to examine how genetic endowments related to educational attainment interact with family background and environmental factors to shape intergenerational economic mobility, contributing to the understanding of nature-versus-nurture dynamics in inequality.
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