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Nature-nurture interplay in educational attainment
07 June 2023, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Join this event to hear Niels Rietveld discuss his research, which looks at the effects of genetics and birth order on education.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Nicolás Libuy
Location
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Room G0355-59 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0NU
On average, firstborns complete more education than laterborns.
Niels will discuss whether this effect is amplified by individuals' endowments, measured using genetic information. He looks at how nature and nurture interact in producing human capital, with birth order acting as a measure of the environment because family size puts a natural constraint on parental time investments.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in genetics and educational attainment.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined in-person or online.
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About the Speaker
Niels Rietveld
Associate Professor at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
His primary fields of research include economics and human biology and the economics of entrepreneurship.
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