Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22165 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 38
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
intergenerational transmission
educational attainment
second generation immigrants
JEL: 
J61
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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