Direct and Indirect Effects of Grandparent Education on Grandchildren's Cognitive Development: The Role of Parental Cognitive Ability

The social stratification literature is inconclusive about whether there is a direct effect of grandparent resources on grandchildren's educational outcomes net of parental characteristics. Some of this heterogeneity may be due to differences in omitted variable bias at the parental level. Our...

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Main Authors: Markus Klein, Michael Kühhirt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2021-07-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v8-13-265/