Parental Wealth Effects and Long-run Child Outcomes

Proposal Description:

This project will use the NLSC to estimate and asses the effects of the wealth of children’s parents on children’s outcomes during their adult lives.

Questions addressed include:
Parental wealth and Child educational attainment
Parental wealth and future wealth of children
Parental wealth and employment
Parental wealth and health outcomes.

Requisite Skills and Qualifications:

Student RA must have strong computer skills and knowledge of R, microeconomics. The student will work with Professor Jaynes and a graduate student in developing this project.