Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; Kerr, Sari - In: Journal of Public Economics 93 (2009) 7-8, pp. 965-973
This paper estimates the effect of a major education reform on intergenerational income mobility. The Finnish comprehensive school reform of 1972-1977 replaced the old two-track school system with a uniform nine-year comprehensive school and shifted the selection of students to vocational and...