为什么那么多医生家的孩子成为医生？

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Why So Many Children of Doctors Become Doctors: Nepotism vs. Human Capital Transfers

Bernard Lentz
Bernard Lentz
David Laband
David Laband
Clemson University, CEU, South Carolina, United States
The Journal of Human Resources (Impact Factor: 2.37). 06/1989; 24(3):396-413. DOI: 10.2307/145820
Source: RePEc
ABSTRACT

In this paper we document a statistically significant, marginally greater probability of admittance into (at least one) medical school for children of doctors as compared to children of non-doctors. This fact can plausibly be explained as resulting from nepotism, in various forms, as well as from human capital transfers from first to (would-be) second generation doctors. After controlling for acquired human capital and other attributes of medical school applicants, we cannot reject nepotism as a cause-children of doctors are nearly 14 percent more likely to be admitted into medical school than are comparable nonfollowers.
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