Table 3.

Effect of Educational Polygenic Score on Educational Attainment across Birth Cohorts in the HRS, by Educational Stage

Outcome	Education (Years)	Finished High School (or more)	Some College (or more)	Finished College (or more)	Finished College (or more)	More Than College
For those who had	Any	Any	Finished High School	Finished High School	Some College	Finished College
Mean Outcome	13.2	0.85	0.58	0.31	0.53	0.53
Panel A: Eqn 3 without interaction
(Intercept)	12.30†	0.75†	0.46†	0.23*	0.50†	0.51*
	(0.060)	(0.008)	(0.013)	(0.012)	(0.018)	(0.025)
PGS	0.485†	0.036†	0.076†	0.079†	0.066†	0.024†
	(0.027)	(0.003)	(0.006)	(0.005)	(0.007)	(0.01)
Birth Year	0.046†	0.0054†	0.006†	0.004†	0.001	0.000
	(0.003)	(4e-04)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
N	8,851	8,851	7,537	7,537	4,334	2,304
R2	0.06	0.029	0.034	0.034	0.018	0.0025
Panel B: Eqn 3
(Intercept)	12.30†	0.75†	0.46†	0.23*	0.50†	0.53*
	(0.06)	(0.008)	(0.013)	(0.012)	(0.018)	(0.026)
PGS	0.590†	0.066†	0.093†	0.073†	0.054†	−0.029
	(0.061)	(0.008)	(0.013)	(0.012)	(0.017)	(0.024)
Birth Year	0.046†	0.005†	0.006†	0.004†	0.001	−0.000
	(0.003)	(4e-04)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Birth Year X PGS	−0.006*	−0.002†	−0.001	0.000	0.001	0.003*
	(0.003)	(4e-04)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
N	8,851	8,851	7,537	7,537	4,334	2,304
R2	0.061	0.03	0.034	0.034	0.018	0.0051

^*p < 0.05;

^†p < 0.01