Table 2.
Transmission coefficients for political candidacy
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ownbirth sample | ||||||
| Parent | 0.054*** | – | – | – | – | – |
| (0.001) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Father | – | 0.053*** | – | 0.053*** | – | 0.045*** |
| – | (0.001) | – | (0.001) | – | (0.001) | |
| Mother | – | – | 0.063*** | – | 0.063*** | 0.053*** |
| – | – | (0.001) | – | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
| Female | −0.004*** | −0.004*** | −0.004*** | −0.004*** | −0.004*** | −0.004*** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| Seats to voter | 0.024*** | 0.025*** | 0.026*** | 0.025*** | 0.026*** | 0.024*** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| N | 1,694,804 | 1,635,951 | 1,674,697 | 1,591,302 | 1,591,302 | 1,591,302 |
| Adoption sample | ||||||
| Birth parent | 0.035*** | – | – | – | – | – |
| (0.013) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Birth father | – | 0.057** | – | 0.052** | – | 0.049** |
| – | (0.023) | – | (0.024) | – | (0.024) | |
| Birth mother | – | – | 0.014 | – | 0.011 | 0.004 |
| – | – | (0.015) | – | (0.019) | (0.019) | |
| Adoptive parent | 0.034*** | – | – | – | – | – |
| (0.009) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Adoptive father | – | 0.030** | – | 0.035** | – | 0.028** |
| – | (0.013) | – | (0.014) | – | (0.014) | |
| Adoptive mother | – | – | 0.059*** | – | 0.041* | 0.034 |
| – | – | (0.017) | – | (0.021) | (0.022) | |
| Female | −0.007* | −0.009* | −0.011*** | −0.013** | −0.014** | −0.015** |
| (0.004) | (0.005) | (0.004) | (0.006) | (0.006) | (0.006) | |
| Seats to voter | 0.026*** | 0.022*** | 0.028*** | 0.021*** | 0.022*** | 0.020** |
| (0.006) | (0.007) | (0.006) | (0.008) | (0.008) | (0.008) | |
| Pre-birth + post-birth | 0.069*** | 0.087*** | 0.074*** | 0.087*** | 0.052* | 0.077***/0.038 |
| (0.016) | (0.026) | (0.022) | (0.028) | (0.028) | (0.027)/(0.028) | |
| N | 8,756 | 5,145 | 8,352 | 4,538 | 4,538 | 4,538 |
Linear regressions. In the upper panel the standard errors (in parentheses) are clustered by parent. In the lower panel the standard errors are clustered by adoptive parent. The columns display results using running for office at least once as outcome. All models include controls for childs gender, child birth-year dummies, parents birth-year dummies, and 24 dummies for parents’ county of residency. ***/**/*, indicates significance at the 1%/5%/10% level