@techreport{Riphahn2011intergenerational,
abstract = {Socialist societies often emphasized the abolition of traditional social classes. To achieve this objective, educational opportunities were at times 'actively managed' and allocated to children of less educated parents. What happened to these patterns after the demise of socialist rule in Eastern Europe? We study the development of educational mobility after the fall of the iron curtain in East Germany and compare the relevance of parental educational background for secondary schooling outcomes in East and West Germany. Based on data from the German Mikrozensus we find that educational mobility is lower in East than in West Germany and that it has been falling in East Germany after unification. While the educational advantage of girls declined over time, having many siblings presents a more substantial disadvantage in East than in West Germany. --  -- In sozialistischen L\"{a}ndern wurde oft die Aufl\"{o}sung sozialer Klassen angestrebt. Dazu wurden vor allem Kinder von weniger gebildeten Eltern aktiv in ihrer Bildungskarriere gef\"{o}rdert. Was passierte mit diesem Muster nach dem Fall der Mauer in Ostdeutschland? Wir untersuchen die Entwicklung der Bildungsmobilit\"{a}t zwischen Eltern und Kindern in Ostdeutschland nach dem Fall der Mauer und vergleichen die Relevanz der Elternbildung f\"{u}r den Besuch eines Gymnasiums von 17 j\"{a}hrigen Jugendlichen in Ost- und Westdeutschland \"{u}ber die Zeit. Daten des Mikrozensus zeigen, dass die Bildungsmobilit\"{a}t in Ostdeutschland sogar geringer als in Westdeutschland ist und nach dem Fall der Mauer noch gefallen ist.},
address = {N\"{u}rnberg},
author = {Regina T. Riphahn and Parvati Tr\"{u}bswetter},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {I21; I28; J11; 330; education transmission; intergenerational mobility; equality of opportunity; schooling; human capital; transition economy; Mikrozensus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsniveau; Generationenbeziehungen; Familiensoziologie; Bildungschancen; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
number = {4/2011},
publisher = {IAB},
title = {The intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in East and West Germany},
type = {IAB discussion paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57450},
year = {2011}
}
