%0 Report %A Bauer, Philipp C. %A Riphahn, Regina T. %T Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education %D 2009 %8 2009 Oct %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 4466 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4466 %X 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. %K Kindergarten %K intergenerational transmission of education %K educational mobility %K pre-school enrollment