Arbeitspapier

Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment : Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1354

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Analysis of Education
Thema
intergenerational transmission
educational attainment
second generation immigrants
Bildungsniveau
Generationenbeziehungen
Migranten
Schätzung
Schweiz

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bauer, Philipp C.
Riphahn, Regina T.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2004

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bauer, Philipp C.
  • Riphahn, Regina T.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2004

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