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Chapter Four: INFLUENCES OF NATURE AND NURTURE ON EARNINGS VARIATION.
- Source :
- Unequal Chances: Family Background & Economic Success; 2008, p145-164, 20p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Chapter Four of the book "Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success," edited by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis and Melissa Osborne Groves is presented. It explores the influence of nature vs. nurture as sources of earnings inequality in Sweden. It notes that monozygotic twin brothers have the largest sibling correlation of 0.36. It emphasizes that the most of earnings variation stems from environmental factors.
- Subjects :
- WAGES
EQUALITY
NATURE & nurture
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9780691136202
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Unequal Chances: Family Background & Economic Success
- Publication Type :
- Book
- Accession number :
- 53696849