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Genetic Endowments, Educational Outcomes and the Mediating Influence of School Investments
Genetic endowments are fixed at conception and matter for the educational attainment of individuals. Do investments in schooling environments mitigate or magnify the outcomes of this genetic lottery? Using data from a representative sample of US adolescents, we analyze the interdependent associations of genetic endowments, teacher quality and teacher quantity with educational attainment. Our results suggest that higher-quality teachers act as substitutes for genetic endowments: a 1 SD increase in teacher quality reduces the positive association between educational attainment and a 1 SD increase in the relevant polygenic score from 0.37 to 0.30 years—a decrease of 20%. In particular, high-quality teachers increase the probability that genetically disadvantaged students complete college. This increase is underpinned by gains in health, language ability, patience, and risk aversion.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15430
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Education: Other
Analysis of Education
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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polygenic scores
school resources
skill formation
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Arold, W. Benjamin
Hufe, Paul
Stoeckli, Marc
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Arold, W. Benjamin
- Hufe, Paul
- Stoeckli, Marc
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2022
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