Intergenerational transmission of human capital in Europe: evidence from SHARE

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 1 Compulsory school reforms, by country

Country	Reform	Pivotal	Change in min.	Years of	Age at
	year	cohort	school leaving age	comp. educ.	school entry
Austria	1962/66	1951	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Belgium (Flanders)	1953	1939	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Czech Republic	1948	1934	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
	1953	1939	15 to 14	9 to 8	6
	1960	1947	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Denmark	1958	1947	11 to 14	4 to 7	7
France	1936	1923	13 to 14	7 to 8	6
	1959/67	1953	14 to 16	8 to 10	6
Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg)	1967	1953	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Bayern)	1969	1955	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Bremen)	1958	1943	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Hamburg)	1949	1934	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Hessen)	1967	1953	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Niedersachsen)	1962	1947	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	1967	1953	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz)	1967	1953	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Saarland)	1964	1949	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)	1956	1941	14 to 15	8 to 9	6
Italy	1963	1949	11 to 14	5 to 8	6
Netherlands	1942	1929	13 to 14	7 to 8	6
	1947	1933	14 to 13	8 to 7	6
	1950	1936	13 to 15	7 to 9	6
Sweden	1949	1936	13 to 14	6 to 7	7
	1962	1950	14 to 16	7 to 9	7

Notes: Source: Brunello et al. (2012). Notice that the year of the reform corresponds to the year when a certain reform was passed, which may not be equal to year of implementation. For example, the Austrian reform of 1962 was implemented in 1966; the French reform of 1959 was implemented in 1967. The pivotal cohort denotes the year of birth of the first cohort potentially affected by the reform.