Is Parental Love Colorblind? Human Capital Accumulation within Mixed Families
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Journal Article
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Studies have shown that differences in wage-determinant skills between blacks and whites emerge during a child’s infancy, highlighting the roles of parental characteristics and investment decisions. Exploring the genetics of skin-color and models of intrahousehold allocations, I present evidence that, controlling for observed and unobserved parental characteristics, light-skinned children are more likely to receive investments in formal education than their dark-skinned siblings. Conscious parental decisions regarding human capital acquisition for their children seem to contribute for the persistence of earnings differentials and socio-economic stratification in Brazil.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Rangel, MA
Published Date
- June 1, 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 42 / 1-2
Start / End Page
- 57 - 86
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0034-6446
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1007/s12114-014-9190-1
Citation Source
- Scopus