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Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment: evidence from Switzerland on natives and second-generation immigrants

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Volume (Year): 20 (2007)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 121-148
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Keywords: Intergenerational transmission; Educational attainment; Second generation; Immigrants; I21; J61;

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  1. Horst Entorf & Martina Lauk, 2006. "Peer Effects, Social Multipliers and Migrants at School: An International Comparison," IZA Discussion Papers 2182, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Guido Heineck & Regina T. Riphahn, 2007. "Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany: The Last Five Decades," SOEPpapers 37, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). [Downloadable!]
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  3. Aydemir, Abdurrahman & Chen, Wen-Hao & Corak, Miles, 2008. "Intergenerational Education Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants," IZA Discussion Papers 3759, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  4. Nicole Schneeweis, 2006. "How should we organize schooling to further children with migration background?," Economics working papers 2006-20, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. [Downloadable!]
  5. Entorf, Horst & Tatsi, Eirini, 2009. "Migrants at School: Educational Inequality and Social Interaction in the UK and Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 4175, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  6. Max Gruetter, 2005. "Returns to Foreign Education: Yet Another But Different Cross Country Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 1615, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  7. Max Grütter, . "Returns to Foreign Education. Yet another but different cross country analysis," IEW - Working Papers iewwp246, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - IEW. [Downloadable!]
  8. Christian N. Brinch, Bernt Bratsberg and Oddbjørn Raaum, 2008. "The Effects of an Upper Secondary Education Reform on the Attainment of Immigrant Youth," Discussion Papers 528, Research Department of Statistics Norway. [Downloadable!]
  9. Aydemir, Abdurrahman & Chen, Wen-Hao & Corak, Miles, 2008. "Intergenerational Education Mobility Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2008316e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch. [Downloadable!]
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