Variation in the Heritability of Educational Attainment: An International Meta-Analysis.

To assess heterogeneity in the influence of genetic variation on educational attainment across environmental contexts, we present a meta-analysis of heritability estimates in fifteen samples and thirty-four subgroups differing by nationality, sex, and birth cohort. We find that heritability, shared...

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Publicado en:	Social Forces Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 109 - 141
Autores principales:	Branigan, Amelia R., McCallum, Kenneth J., Freese, Jeremy
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Sep2013
Materias:	Heritability Academic achievement Sociological research Families Gender differences (Sociology) Twins Academic achievement research Education of twins Sampling (Process)
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