Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0

Author-Name: Dominique Sulzmaier 
Author-X-Name-First: Dominique 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sulzmaier 

Title: The causal effect of early tracking in German schools on the intergenerational transmission of education 
	
Abstract: Numerous studies have found a high intergenerational transmission of education in Germany which might be caused by the relatively early age at which the German school system tracks students into differentschool types. This study contributes to the scarce literatureontheeffectofachangeintheageoftrackingearlyintheschoolingcareeronthe intergenerational transmission of education and reveals new evidence on the heterogeneity of the effect. The identi?cation strategy exploits a recent reform in one German state, whichchangedthetimeoftrackingfromaftergradesixtoaftergradefour.Theresultsof adifference-in-differencesapproachwithdatafromtheGermanMicrocensussuggestthat earlier tracking increases intergenerational transmission of both, low and high education. Male students and students in rural areas appear to drive the effect.


Length: 41 pages
Creation-Date:  2020-01
File-URL: http://www.bgpe.de/texte/DP/187_Sulzmaier.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2020
Number: 187
Classification-JEL: I21, I24, C54
Keywords: intergenerationaltransmissionofeducation,tracking,schoolattainment,Germany, difference-in-differences 
Handle: RePEc:bav:wpaper:187_Sulzmaier