Age at school entry and intergenerational educational mobility

Philipp C. Bauer; Regina T. Riphahn

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. -- Age at entry ; intergenerational transmission of education ; educational mobility

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Bauer, Philipp ; Riphahn, Regina T.
Publisher:	Bonn : IZA
Subject:	Schule \| School \| Altersgruppe \| Age group \| Bildungschancen \| Equality of opportunity in education \| Generationengerechtigkeit \| Intergenerational equity \| Schweiz \| Switzerland \| 2000

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: [9] S.)
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 3977
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/35317 [Handle]
Classification:	I2 - Education ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; D30 - Distribution. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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