Kindergarten enrollment and the intergenerational transmission of education

We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children enroll in kindergarten. Taking advantage of heterogeneity across cantons we find that early kindergarten enrollment significantly increases educational mobility.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Bauer, Philipp C. ; Riphahn, Regina T.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Kinderbetreuung \| Bildungsverhalten \| Bildungsniveau \| Generationenbeziehungen \| Schweiz \| Kindergarten \| pre-school enrollment \| educational mobility \| intergenerational transmission of education

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 4466
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	613836545 [GVK] hdl:10419/36334 [Handle]
Classification:	I2 - Education ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; D30 - Distribution. General
Source:	EconStor

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