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Social Background Effects on Educational Outcomes—New Insights from Modern Genetic Science

Sociological theory and empirical research have found that parents’ socioeconomic status and related resources affect their children’s educational outcomes. Findings from behavior genetics reveal genetic underpinnings of the intergenerational transmission of education, thus altering previous conclus...

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Published in:Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 2024, Vol.76 (3), p.525-545
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Behavior
Behavioral genetics
Children
Genes
Genetics
Genomics
Intergenerational relationships
Intergenerational transmission
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Molecular genetics
Parents & parenting
Personality and Social Psychology
Social background
Social Sciences
Social stratification
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Sociological research
Sociological theory
Sociology
Stratification
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