Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants

Philipp Christopher Bauer () and Regina Therese Riphahn ()

No 1354, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: This study applies rich data from the 2000 Swiss census to investigate the patterns of intergenerational education transmission for natives and second generation immigrants. The level of secondary schooling attained by youth aged 17 is related to their parents' educational outcomes using data on the entire Swiss population. Based on economic theories of child educational attainment we derive hypotheses regarding the patterns in intergenerational education transmission. The data yields substantial heterogeneity in intergenerational transmission across population groups. Only a small share of this heterogeneity is explained by the predictions of economic theory.

Keywords: second generation immigrants; educational attainment; intergenerational transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-10
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Published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (1), 121-148

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