Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on natives and second-generation immigrants

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-148

  Bauer, Philipp ^a   Riphahn, Regina T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Immigrants; Intergenerational transmission; Second generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846465463     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0056-5     Document Type: Article

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