This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education using data from 91 censuses in 24 countries in Latin … complete one educational stage more than their parents (primary education for those whose parents did not finish primary school …, or secondary education for those whose parents did not complete secondary school). It measures downward mobility as the …

This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education, using data from 91 censuses in 24 countries in Latin … complete one educational stage more than their parents (primary education for those whose parents did not finish primary school …, or secondary education for those whose parents did not complete secondary school). It measures downward mobility as the …

I provide estimates of intergenerational mobility (IGM) in education at a disaggregated geographic level for Chile, a …-country variability in how parental education is associated with other children's outcomes. …

series for several indexes of relative and absolute intergenerational education mobility for 18 Latin American countries over …

series for several indexes of relative and absolute intergenerational education mobility for 18 Latin American countries over …

Canada. At the same time, returns to education have gone up. Both factors have contributed to exacerbating income gaps … between children of parents with and without secondary education. However, the transmission of residual parental income … education. Overall, these patterns suggest that fostering high school completion may help slow down the worsening of …

in education. We begin re-examining a recent claim that the correlation coefficient is less biased than the regression …

This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes …, our results reveal a significant role of education in this intergenerational transmission. These results are particularly …

This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to explain how better access to higher education leads to …