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
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3977

Classification
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Distribution: General
Subject
Age at entry
intergenerational transmission of education
educational mobility
Schule
Altersgruppe
Bildungschancen
Generationenbeziehungen
Schweiz

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bauer, Philipp C.
Riphahn, Regina T.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2009

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090210168
Last update
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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

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