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Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility

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Bauer, Philipp C. () (economiesuisse)
Riphahn, Regina T. () (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

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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.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 3977.

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Date of creation: Jan 2009
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Publication status: published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 103 (2), 87-90
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Keywords: educational mobility; intergenerational transmission of education; age at entry;

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Find related papers by JEL classification:
I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General

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  1. Kelly Bedard & Elizabeth Dhuey, 2006. "The Persistence of Early Childhood Maturity: International Evidence of Long-Run Age Effects," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 121(4), pages 1437-1472, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Bauer, Philipp & Riphahn, Regina T., 2006. "Timing of school tracking as a determinant of intergenerational transmission of education," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 91(1), pages 90-97, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Arnaud Chevalier & Kevin Denny & Dorren McMahon, 2003. "A Multi-Country Study of Inter-Generational Educational Mobility," Working Papers 200314, School Of Economics, University College Dublin. [Downloadable!]
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