Chapter 1. The Apple and the Tree: Galton Revisited Chapter 2. Correlation with in the Family Chapter 3. Theory: What Explains the Intergenerational and Sibling Correlations? Chapter 4. Inequality, Diversity, and Family Chapter 5. Empirical Methodology Chapter 6. Empirical Knowledge on the Causes of Correlations within the Family Chapter 7. Where Do We Go from Here? Chapter 8. Statistics Chapter 9. Parenting Theory and Child Behavior Chapter 10. Empirical Methodology
Summary
Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understanding these correlations
