OECD Development Centre Working Papers

ISSN :
1815-1949 (en ligne)
DOI :
10.1787/18151949
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The OECD Development Centre links OECD members with developing and emerging economies and fosters debate and discussion to seek creative policy solutions to emerging global issues and development challenges. This series of working papers is intended to disseminate the OECD Development Centre’s research findings rapidly among specialists in the field concerned. These papers are generally available in the original English or French, with a summary in the other language.
 

Ascendance by Descendants?

On Intergenerational Education Mobility in Latin America You or your institution have access to this content

Auteur(s):
Christian Daude1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: OCDE, France

Date de publication
01 mars 2011
Bibliographic information
N°:
297
Pages
45
DOI
10.1787/5kggdtfpvhr7-en

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This paper studies intergenerational social mobility in Latin America. We show that persistence in educational achievements across generations is high compared to other parts of the world. That is, not only is the income distribution in Latin America highly unequal, but profound differences in opportunities persist from one generation to the next. This persistence arises from a combination of factors: high returns to education, relatively low progressivity in public investment in human capital and lack of access to proper financing for poor and middle-income families. Education and other social policies to boost upward mobility in the region are discussed.
Mots-clés:
Latin America, intergenerational education mobility, education
Classification JEL:
  • I20: Health, Education, and Welfare / Education and Research Institutions / General
  • J62: Labor and Demographic Economics / Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies / Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility