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Abstract
There is an extensive literature on the causes of educational inequalities, and the life course consequences of educational attainment. Mendelian randomization, where genetic variants associated with exposures of interest are used as proxies for those exposures, often within an instrumental variables framework, has proven highly effective at elucidating the causal effects of several risk factors in the biomedical sciences. We discuss the potential for this approach to be used in the context of social and socio-economic exposures and outcomes, such as educational attainment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 681-688 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A |
| Volume | 183 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 24 Nov 2019 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2020 |
Research Groups and Themes
- Bristol Population Health Science Institute
- Physical and Mental Health
Keywords
- Causal inference
- Education
- Genetic structure
- Mendelian randomization
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IEU: MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Quinquennial renewal
Gaunt, L. F. (Principal Investigator) & Davey Smith, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/18 → 31/03/23
Project: Research