Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts.

K, Silventoinen; A, Jelenkovic; R, Sund; A, Latvala; C, Honda; F, Inui; R, Tomizawa; M, Watanabe; N, Sakai; E, Rebato; A, Busjahn; J, Tyler; JL, Hopper; JR, Ordoñana; JF, Sánchez-Romera; L, Colodro-Conde; L, Calais-Ferreira; VC, Oliveira; PH, Ferreira; E, Medda; L, Nisticò; V, Toccaceli; CA, Derom; RF, Vlietinck; RJF, Loos; SH, Siribaddana; M, Hotopf; A, Sumathipala; F, Rijsdijk; GE, Duncan; D, Buchwald; P, Tynelius; F, Rasmussen; Q, Tan; D, Zhang; Z, Pang; PKE, Magnusson; NL, Pedersen; Aslan AK, Dahl; AE, Hwang; TM, Mack; RF, Krueger; M, McGue; S, Pahlen; I, Brandt; TS, Nilsen; JR, Harris; NG, Martin; SE, Medland; GW, Montgomery; G, Willemsen; M, Bartels; Beijsterveldt CEM, van; CE, Franz; WS, Kremen; MJ, Lyons; JL, Silberg; HH, Maes; C, Kandler; TL, Nelson; KE, Whitfield; RP, Corley; BM, Huibregtse; M, Gatz; DA, Butler; AD, Tarnoki; DL, Tarnoki; HA, Park; J, Lee; SJ, Lee; J, Sung; Y, Yokoyama; TIA, Sørensen; DI, Boomsma; J, Kaprio

doi:10.1038/s41598-020-69526-6

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Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts.

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Silventoinen K

Jelenkovic A

Sund R

Abstract

We investigated the heritability of educational attainment and how it differed between birth cohorts and cultural-geographic regions. A classical twin design was applied to pooled data from 28 cohorts representing 16 countries and including 193,518 twins with information on educational attainment at...

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