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Estimating effects of parents' cognitive and non-cognitive skills on offspring education using polygenic scores.
Nature communications - 23 Aug 2022
Demange Perline A, Hottenga Jouke Jan, Abdellaoui Abdel, Eilertsen Espen Moen, Malanchini Margherita, Domingue Benjamin W, Armstrong-Carter Emma, de Zeeuw Eveline L, Rimfeld Kaili, Boomsma Dorret I, van Bergen Elsje, Breen Gerome, Nivard Michel G, Cheesman Rosa
Abstract excerpt
Understanding how parents' cognitive and non-cognitive skills influence offspring education is essential for educational, family and economic policy. We use genetics (GWAS-by-subtraction) to assess a latent, broad non-cognitive skills dimension. To index parental effects controlling for genetic transmission, we estimate indirect parental genetic effects of polygenic scores on childhood and adulthood educational...
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