Sources of Inequality at Birth: The Interplay Between Genes and Parental Socioeconomic Status.

Autor/inn/en	Biroli, Pietro; Martin-Bassols, Nicolau; Marees, Andries T.; Kippersluis, Hans van; Rietveld, Cornelius A.; Arce, Pia; Thom, Kevin; Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie von; Vollen, Jeremy; Galama, Titus
Institution	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
Titel	Sources of Inequality at Birth: The Interplay Between Genes and Parental Socioeconomic Status. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Ursachen für Ungleichheit bei der Geburt: Das Zusammenspiel von Genen und dem sozioökonomischen Status der Eltern.
Quelle	Esch-sur-Alzette (2026), 54 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper / IZA Network @ LISER. 18607
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Chancengleichheit; Soziale Situation; Soziale Ungleichheit; Intelligenz (Psychologie); Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Psychischer Faktor; Risikobereitschaft; Zufriedenheit; Lebenserwartung; Soziale Herkunft; Genetik; Gesundheitsverhalten; Gesundheitszustand; Sucht; Einkommenseffekt; Internationaler Vergleich; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Physiologischer Faktor; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	"The start of a human's life can be characterized by two lotteries: that of your genes (nature) and the family you were born into (nurture). These set in motion a trajectory, from birth onward, in health and human capital. Leveraging three longitudinal social-science data sets, we systematically analyze the relationship between an individual's genotype, the socioeconomic status (SES) of the families they grew up in, and their realized traits in adulthood. We proxy an individual's genetic predisposition by polygenic indexes (PGIs) and family SES by a latent factor of parental education and father's (former) occupational status. We then investigate how PGIs, parental SES, and their interaction contribute to later-life outcomes across a range of forty-five socioeconomic, anthropometric, health, behavioral, and personality traits. We find strong genetic and socioeconomic associations with these phenotypes, but no evidence of sizable gene-environment interactions." The study refers to the period 1957-2016 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4