Monday, November 29, 2004

Nature > Nuture

This study of adopted children has fascinating results. Apparently, parents transmit income and education characteristics to adopted children much less than to their biological offspring. But smoking and drinking behavior transmits at similar levels. That's fascinating. Perhaps parents, on the margin, should focus more on teaching their kids good behavior rather than on educational issues?

(Check out the income effects graph on MR.)

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