Table 4

Correlations Between Residuals and Characteristics

Age Interval of Sons
26–3031–3536–4041–4546–50
Father’s log lifetime income−0.057*−0.050*−0.063*−0.020−0.007
Father’s age at birth of son−0.054*  0.014  0.045*  0.017−0.006
Father’s education−0.158*−0.061*−0.045*  0.035  0.028
Son’s education−0.278*−0.112*−0.002  0.085*  0.088*
Son’s cognitive ability−0.108*−0.073*−0.050*  0.022−0.004
Son’s country of birth−0.040*−0.026−0.002−0.032  0.028

  • Notes: The table reports correlations between characteristics listed in the first column and sons’ income residuals (as average in each five-year year age interval) from Equation 4 for cohort group 1955–57. The education variables are years of education measured at about age 35, “Son’s country of birth” is an indicator for being born outside Sweden, and “Son’s cognitive ability” is a standardized cognitive ability measure from the military enlistment cognitive test at age 18. Star superscripts indicate correlations with p-value<0.05.