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#126 – Bryan Caplan on whether lazy parenting is OK, what really helps workers, and betting on beliefs

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Twin Studies and Adoption Studies: Exploring the Influence of Genetics and Upbringing

Adoption studies create families with different genetic relatedness but similar upbringing/nResearch shows that growing up in different types of families has minimal effects on a wide range of outcomes/nTwin studies compare identical twins (100% gene sharing) to fraternal twins (50% gene sharing)/nMost twin studies do not separate genetic and environmental influences/nFurther analysis is done to determine the impact of parenting and family environment

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