IZA DP No. 1354: Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (1), 121-148
This study applies rich data from the 2000 Swiss census to investigate the patterns of
intergenerational education transmission for natives and second generation immigrants. The
level of secondary schooling attained by youth aged 17 is related to their parents' educational
outcomes using data on the entire Swiss population. Based on economic theories of child
educational attainment we derive hypotheses regarding the patterns in intergenerational
education transmission. The data yields substantial heterogeneity in intergenerational
transmission across population groups. Only a small share of this heterogeneity is explained
by the predictions of economic theory.
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