The effect of parental background on track choices and wages

"Intergenerational links are often investigated by computing educational attainment correlations between parents and children, even though parental background may influence outcomes at earlier stages of the educational path. Because of early school track selection and widespread vocational trai...

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Published in:Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik 2011-04, Vol.147 (2), p.157-180
Main Authors: Falter, Jean-Marc, Luzzi, Giovanni Ferro, Sbergami, Federica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Background
Berufsbildung
Berufsverlauf
Bildungsbeteiligung
Bildungsniveau
Bildungsverlauf
Career development
Earnings
Economics
Economics and Finance
Educational attainment
Eltern
Erziehung
Generation
Hochschulsystem
Inequality
intergenerational mobility
Intergenerational relations
Labour
Lohnentwicklung
Mobilität
Parents
Parents & parenting
returns to education
Schulerfolg
Schulwahl
Schulwesen
Schweiz
Sekundarbereich
Sohn
Statistics
Tochter
Tracking
upper secondary education
Vocational education
Wage determination
Wages & salaries
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Summary:"Intergenerational links are often investigated by computing educational attainment correlations between parents and children, even though parental background may influence outcomes at earlier stages of the educational path. Because of early school track selection and widespread vocational training, this effect may be quite important in the Swiss context. We first investigate the importance of parental background variables for upper secondary educational attainment over the last 6 decades. We next estimate the impact of parental background on earnings. This effect is shown to depend on the magnitude of intergenerational correlations, the returns to qualifications and the availability of further training for those having ended up in a low educational track at age 15. The impact of tracking at age 15 on wage inequality is found to be relatively small in Switzerland, comparing to results for Germany. Relatively low returns from academic education best explain this pattern." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1920 bis 2008.
ISSN:0303-9692
2235-6282
2235-6282
DOI:10.1007/BF03399344