IZA - Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education |
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by Philipp C. Bauer, Regina T. Riphahn
(October 2009)
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.
Text: See Discussion Paper No. 4466
