Arbeitspapier
Age at school entry and intergenerational educational mobility
We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of better educated parents.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3977
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Distribution: General
- Subject
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Age at entry
intergenerational transmission of education
educational mobility
Schule
Altersgruppe
Bildungschancen
Generationenbeziehungen
Schweiz
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Bauer, Philipp C.
Riphahn, Regina T.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090210168
- Last update
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20.09.2024, 8:24 AM CEST
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bauer, Philipp C.
- Riphahn, Regina T.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2009