Age at school entry and intergenerational educational mobility

Economics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-90

  Bauer, Philipp C ^a   Riphahn, Regina T ^b  

^a economiesuisse   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at entry; Educational mobility; Intergenerational transmission of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149107584     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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