Polygenic scores now explain approximately 10% of the variation in educational attainment.
However, they capture not only genetic propensity but also information about the family …

This study tested implications of new genetic discoveries for understanding the association
between parental investment and children's educational attainment. A novel design matched …

Research on environmental and genetic pathways to complex traits such as educational
attainment (EA) is confounded by uncertainty over whether correlations reflect effects of …

SES has long interested researchers investigating school achievement. Its effects are often
addressed by studying predictors of achievement in economically disadvantaged samples …

While adoption studies have provided key insights into the influence of the familial
environment on IQ scores of adolescents and children, few have followed adopted offspring …

There has been widespread adoption of genome wide summary scores (polygenic scores)
as tools for studying the importance of genetics and associated life course mechanisms …

Understanding how parents' cognitive and non-cognitive skills influence offspring education
is essential for educational, family and economic policy. We use genetics (GWAS-by …

Parental education is the strongest measured predictor of offspring education, and thus
many scholars see the parent–child correlation in educational attainment as an important …

Abstract Families transmit genes and environments across generations. When parents'
genetics affect their children's environments, these two modes of inheritance can produce an …

Observed genetic associations with educational attainment may be due to direct or indirect
genetic influences. Recent work highlights genetic nurture, the potential effect of parents' …