Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment: evidence from Switzerland on natives and second-generation immigrants |
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| Authors: | Philipp Bauer Regina T. Riphahn |
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| Affiliation: | (1) WWZ, University of Basel, Post Box 517, 4003 Basel, Switzerland;(2) WISO, University of Erlangen, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany |
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| 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 based on data on the entire Swiss population. Extending economic theories of child educational attainment, we derive hypotheses regarding the patterns of intergenerational education transmission. The data yield substantial heterogeneity in intergenerational transmission across population groups. Only a small share of this heterogeneity is explained by the predictions of economic theory. |
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| Keywords: | Intergenerational transmission Educational attainment Second generation Immigrants |
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