Kindergarten enrollment and the intergenerational transmission of education

Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T.

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Title:

Kindergarten enrollment and the intergenerational transmission of education

Authors:

Bauer, Philipp C.
Riphahn, Regina T.

Year of Publication:

2009

Series/Report no.:

IZA Discussion Papers No. 4466

Publisher:

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn

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.

Subjects:

Kindergarten
pre-school enrollment
educational mobility
intergenerational transmission of education

JEL:

I2
I21
J24
D30

Document Type:

Working Paper

Appears in Collections:

IZA Discussion Papers, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics

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