Intergenerational mobility after the Mammoth-law of 1968

The "Mammoth-law" of 1968, a comprehensive Dutch educational reform, laid the foundation for the current Dutch secondary edu- cation system. Amongst many other changes, it introduced a more meritocratic transition from primary to secondary education: the level of secondary education would be determined by both standard- ised tests and teacher recommendation. This thesis investigates whether and to what extent intergenerational educational mobil- ity has changed, by comparing changes in the eect of parental education on child's education for cohorts before and after the re- form. If anything, the analysis shows that, on aggregate, inter- generational educational mobility hardly changed. Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands indicates a small increase in intergenerational mobility at most, but is not robust for alter- native specications. Surprisingly, data from the Family Survey of the Dutch population even indicates a minor decrease in inter- generational educational mobility, albeit statistically insignicant for almost all specications. Keywords: Mammoth-law; intergen- erational mobility; educational moblity; relative mobility; absolute mobility; education policy