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Title: Family Effects on the Human Capital and Earnings of Men and Women
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Neumark, David B. |
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Family Effects on the Human Capital and Earnings of Men and Women Special Studies Papers 228, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), 1987. Also: http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/fipfedgsp/228.htm Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Federal Reserve Board Keyword(s): Earnings; Family Influences; Human Capital Theory; Pairs (also see Siblings); Parental Influences; Rural/Urban Differences; Siblings This paper explores family effects on the human capital--captured in ability, schooling, and experience--and earnings of men and women, utilizing data on same-gender and mixed-gender sibling pairs. The emphasis is on gender differences in these effects. For both genders, significant family effects on human capital are found. While effects on ability and schooling are gender-blind, effects on experience differ markedly for men and women. Significant family effects on earnings are also found, acting both indirectly via human capital, and directly on earnings themselves. Indirect effects appear to be more important for women, and direct effects for men, but this contrast is due partly to differences in the returns to human capital, and not only to differences in family effects. Some preliminary evidence on the sources of these family effects is presented that suggests that: (1) the education of a child is influenced more strongly by the education of the parent of the same gender; and (2) in terms of human capital and earnings, sisters do better in households with no brothers, and brothers do better in households with sisters. |
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Neumark, David B. "Family Effects on the Human Capital and Earnings of Men and Women." Special Studies Papers 228, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), 1987. |