TY - RPRT AU - Bauer, Philipp C. AU - Riphahn, Regina T. TI - Kindergarten Enrollment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education PY - 2009/Oct/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 4466 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4466 AB - 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. KW - Kindergarten KW - intergenerational transmission of education KW - educational mobility KW - pre-school enrollment ER -