Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility

Philipp Bauer () and Regina Riphahn

No 3977, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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: educational mobility; intergenerational transmission of education; age at entry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 I2 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2009-01
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 103 (2), 87-90

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