Nettsider med emneord «socio-economic background»

In this research article, publised in Demography, Torkild Lyngstad and co-authors study sibling similarity in cognitive skills, school grades, and educational attainment in Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

In this article published in European Sociological Review, Tina Baier and co-authors ask to what extent  differences in education, occupational standing, and income are attributable to genes, and do genetic influences differ by parents’ socioeconomic standing? When in a children’s life course does parents’ socioeconomic standing matter for genetic influences, and for which of the outcomes, fixed at the different stages of the attainment process, do they matter most?