Age at school entry and intergenerational educational mobility

Philipp Bauer () and Regina Riphahn

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 103, issue 2, 87-90

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Age; at; entry; Intergenerational; transmission; of; education; Educational; mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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