Table 9

Intergenerational Correlations in Abilities for Foreign Adoptees

Dependent Variable:Son’s Cognitive AbilitySon’s Cognitive AbilitySon’s Cognitive AbilitySon’s Noncognitive AbilitySon’s Noncognitive AbilitySon’s Noncognitive Ability
Independent variable:
 Adoptive father’s cognitive ability0.1210.139
(0.055)(0.087)
 Adoptive mother’s cognitive ability0.204
(0.082)
 Adoptive father’s noncognitive ability0.0700.001
(0.088)(0.136)
 Adoptive mother’s noncognitive ability0.319
(0.125)
Family relation used:
 Adoptive parentXX
 Adoptive uncleXXXX
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  • Notes: The ability measures have been standardized. All models control for the full interaction between the child’s country of origin and year of birth. Standard errors adjusted for clustering on the adoptive father are in parentheses. In Columns 1 and 4, the adoptive father’s abilities have been corrected for measurement errors using the reliability ratios in Table 3. The estimates in Columns 2, 3, 5, and 6 are based on predicted parental abilities using the adoptive uncles and the first-stage relationships in Table 2. In Columns 3 and 6 the first-stage relationships have been adjusted with the relative sibling correlations for different abilities in Table 7.