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Estimating effects of parents’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills on offspring education using polygenic scores

Authors :
Perline A. Demange
Jouke Jan Hottenga
Abdel Abdellaoui
Espen Moen Eilertsen
Margherita Malanchini
Benjamin W. Domingue
Emma Armstrong-Carter
Eveline L. de Zeeuw
Kaili Rimfeld
Dorret I. Boomsma
Elsje van Bergen
Gerome Breen
Michel G. Nivard
Rosa Cheesman
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Understanding how parents’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills influence their children’s educational trajectories is important for educational, family and economic policy. Here, the authors investigate parental influence on children’s education using genetic approaches.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b96583f4eb514c8e8bce43aae0342a39
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32003-x