Intergenerational Transmission of Education and Mediating Channels: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Germany

Marc Piopiunik ()

No 107, ifo Working Paper Series from ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

Abstract: This paper estimates the causal effect of an additional year of parents’ schooling on their children’s education, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms that were implemented in all West German states between 1946 and 1969. Although previous research indicates that these reforms had no effects on earnings or political behaviour, I find that an additional year of schooling women strongly affects their sons’ education. Based on several datasets, numerous channels that might mediate the positive impact of mothers’ education are investigated. Most importantly, individuals with more schooling value children’s educational success as more important.

JEL-codes: I20 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Journal Article: Intergenerational Transmission of Education and Mediating Channels: Evidence from a Compulsory Schooling Reform in Germany (2014)
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