B2695 - The Intergenerational effects of Educational Attainment - 28/06/2016
B number:
B2695
Principal applicant name:
Eleanor Sanderson | Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol (UK)
Co-applicants:
Dr Neil Davies, Professor George Davey Smith
Title of project:
The Intergenerational effects of Educational Attainment
Proposal summary:
In this project we will investigate the intergenerational effects of parents educational attainment on the educational outcomes of their children. We will investigate how much of the observed correlation between parents and children's educational attainment is due to shared genetic variants and what the direct effect of increasing parents educational attainment is on the education of their children.
Date proposal received:
Thursday, 2 June, 2016
Date proposal approved:
Thursday, 16 June, 2016
Keywords:
Social Science, Education, Statistical methods, Mendelian Randomisation, Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis, Genetics - e.g. epigenetics, mendelian randomisation, UK10K, sequencing, etc., Social science, Education