DIW Berlin & IZA Bonn, DIW Berlin, Mohrenstr. 58, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Soc Sci Med. 2019 Jul;232:351-365. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.034. Epub 2019 May 2.
This study analyses the relationship between life expectancy and parental education. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children's life expectancy - even after controlling for children's own level of education. This applies equally to daughters and sons as well as to children's further life expectancies examined at age 35 to age 65. This pattern is more pronounced for younger cohorts. In most cases, the education of the father is not significantly related to children's life expectancy. Neither the vocational training nor the occupational position of the parents in childhood, which both correlate with household income, can explain the connection. The health behaviour of the children and the health accumulated over the life course appear as important channels. This study extends the previous literature that focused mostly on the relationship between individuals' own education and their life expectancy. It implies that the link between education and life expectancy is substantially stronger and that returns to education are higher if the intergenerational component is considered.
这项研究分析了预期寿命与父母教育之间的关系。基于德国社会经济面板研究的数据和生存分析模型，我们表明，母亲的教育水平与孩子的预期寿命有关——即使在控制了孩子自己的教育水平之后也是如此。这同样适用于女儿和儿子，以及在 35 岁至 65 岁时检查的孩子的进一步预期寿命。这种模式在年轻群体中更为明显。在大多数情况下，父亲的教育与孩子的预期寿命没有显著关系。父母在童年时期的职业培训和职业地位都与家庭收入相关，两者都不能解释这种联系。孩子的健康行为和一生中积累的健康状况似乎是重要的途径。本研究扩展了之前主要关注个人自身教育与预期寿命之间关系的文献。它意味着，如果考虑代际因素，教育与预期寿命之间的联系要牢固得多，教育回报也更高。
