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Parental Education and the Responses to Higher SAT Scores

View ORCID ProfileGeorg Graetz, View ORCID ProfileBjörn Öckert and View ORCID ProfileOskar Nordström Skans
Journal of Human Resources, November 2025, 60 (6) 1971-2007; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0420-10824R2
Georg Graetz
Georg Graetz is an Associate Professor of economics at Uppsala University .
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Björn Öckert is a Researcher at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) and a Professor of economics at Uppsala University (corresponding author, ).
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Oskar Nordström Skans is a Professor of economics at Uppsala University .
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vol. 60 no. 6 1971-2007
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0420-10824R2
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received April 1, 2020
  • Accepted March 1, 2023
  • Published online November 17, 2025.

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  1. Georg Graetz
  1. Georg Graetz is an Associate Professor of economics at Uppsala University (georg.graetz{at}nek.uu.se).
  1. Björn Öckert
  1. Björn Öckert is a Researcher at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) and a Professor of economics at Uppsala University (corresponding author, (bjorn.ockert{at}ifau.uu.se)).
  1. Oskar Nordström Skans
  1. Oskar Nordström Skans is a Professor of economics at Uppsala University (oskar.nordstrom_skans{at}nek.uu.se).
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Journal of Human Resources Nov 2025, 60 (6) 1971-2007; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0420-10824R2

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