The heritability and persistence of social class in England

JJ Lee - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The extent to which hereditary abilities affect social class has been a matter of interest since
classical times (1). In 1918, Ronald Fisher published a framework for answering such …

Confounding Fuels Misinterpretation in Human Genetics

JW Benning, J Carlson, OS Smith, RG Shaw… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The scientific literature has seen a resurgence of interest in genetic influences on human
behavior and socioeconomic outcomes. Such studies face the central difficulty of …

[HTML][HTML] Heritability of class and status: Implications for sociological theory and research

A Van Hootegem, AF Rogne, TH Lyngstad - Research in Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
Most individual-level outcomes of interest to sociologists are indirectly influenced by
genetics, including socioeconomic outcomes like education, income, wealth, and …

Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socioeconomic health gradient

H Kweon, CAP Burik, Y Ning, R Ahlskog, C Xia… - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on income among individuals of
European descent and leveraged the results to investigate the socio-economic health …

Evolutionary Trends of Polygenic Scores in European Populations From the Paleolithic to Modern Times

D Piffer, EOW Kirkegaard - Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2024 - cambridge.org
This study examines the temporal and geographical evolution of polygenic scores (PGSs)
across cognitive measures (Educational Attainment [EA], Intelligence Quotient [IQ]) …

Confounding Fuels Misinterpretation in Human Genetics

JW Benning, J Carlson, OS Smith, RG Shaw, A Harpak - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The scientific literature has seen a resurgence of interest in genetic influences on human
behavior and socioeconomic outcomes. Such studies face the central difficulty of …

[PDF][PDF] The Genetic and Environmental Composition of Socioeconomic Status: A population-wide multi-method study in> 170,000 Norwegian individuals

JC Ebeltoft, EM Eilertsen, R Cheesman, Z Ayorech… - 2024 - osf.io
Depending on the measures, methods, and sample applied, estimated contributions of
genetic and environmental factors to individual differences in SES vary substantially. In the …

Heritability of class: Implications for theory and research on class attainment

A Van Hootegem, AF Rogne, TH Lyngstad - 2023 - osf.io
Most individual-level outcomes of interest to sociologists are influenced by genetics. Yet, we
know very little about how much genetics contribute to the attainment of class positions; …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic associations with educational fields in> 460,000 individuals

R Cheesman, V Anapaz, Z Ayorech, P Demange… - osf.io
The choice of a field of study is a significant decision influenced by a complex interplay of
individual traits, interests, and contextual factors. Little is known about the genetic …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting Life Outcomes with Individual Differences in Personality and Cognitive Ability: A Longitudinal Heritability Study

F Paulander - lup.lub.lu.se
Numerous studies have examined personality and cognitive ability in relation to life
outcomes. However, longitudinal studies examining these relationships are relatively …