The Changing Role of Family Income and Ability in Determining Educational Achievement

Philippe Belley, Lance Lochner

NBER Working Paper No. 13527
Issued in October 2007

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We are grateful for financial support from the Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network. We thank Flavio Cunha, Jim Heckman, Mike Keane, Abigail Payne, Sol Polachek and participants at the Inaugural Center of Human Capital and Journal of Human Capital Conference, 2007 University of Michigan/Michigan State/University of Western Ontario Labor Economics Conference, 2007 IRP Summer Research Workshop, ITAM, Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, University of Rochester, USC, and University of Western Ontario. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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