Figure 1

Trend in education of Parents and Children. (a) Northern Europe. (b) Western, Southern and Eastern Europe. Notes: The vertical and horizontal axes describe the average number of years of schooling and year of birth, respectively. The vertical dashed line marks the year 1956 to distinguish between the sample of parents (1920–1956) and children (1956–1980). Because in my sample there is only one Southern European country (Italy) and only one Eastern European country (Czech Republic), I put these two countries in a separate row together with the Western European countries.