Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education

Philipp Bauer () and Regina Riphahn

No 4466, 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 enroll in kindergarten. Taking advantage of heterogeneity across cantons we find that early kindergarten enrollment significantly increases educational mobility.

Keywords: Kindergarten; intergenerational transmission of education; educational mobility; pre-school enrollment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 I2 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2009-10
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Published - published as 'Institutional Determinants of Intergenerational Education Transmission - Comparing Alternative Mechanisms for Natives and Immigrants' in: Labour Economics, 2013, 25, 110–122

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