TY - ADVS
T1 - Where STEM graduates stem from: The intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
AU - Hanushek, Eric
AU - Jacobs, Babs
AU - Schwerdt, Guido
AU - van der Velden, Rolf
AU - Vermeulen, Stan
AU - Wiederhold, Simon
PY - 2023/6/3
Y1 - 2023/6/3
N2 - Furthering STEM education is a policy objective in many countries, but programmes aiming to improve students’ maths skills often discount the comparative advantage imparted by families. This column uses Dutch survey and registry data to study the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantage. Parents’ maths skills are linked to the maths skills of their children, and students’ choices of STEM fields are influenced by family skill transmission. Because the intergenerational transmission of skills is malleable through the education system, policies that change children’s skills today will spillover to future generations.
AB - Furthering STEM education is a policy objective in many countries, but programmes aiming to improve students’ maths skills often discount the comparative advantage imparted by families. This column uses Dutch survey and registry data to study the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantage. Parents’ maths skills are linked to the maths skills of their children, and students’ choices of STEM fields are influenced by family skill transmission. Because the intergenerational transmission of skills is malleable through the education system, policies that change children’s skills today will spillover to future generations.
M3 - Web publication/site
PB - VOX CEPR's policy portal
ER -