The intergenerational transmission of higher education

Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile

Bibliographic Data

ID9814746
AuthorsMaria Angélica Bautista (University of Chicago), Felipe González (0000-0002-2174-0900, Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author), Luis R Martínez (University of Chicago), Pablo Muñoz (0000-0003-0581-5383, University of Chile), Mounu Prem (0000-0002-2059-5991, Universidad del Rosario)
Year2023
Volume90
Pages101540
Publication date2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueExplorations in Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-4983 • E-ISSN: 1090-2457
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540
OpenAlexW4383198255
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited57

We estimate the transmission of higher education across generations using the arrival of the Pinochet dictatorship to Chile in 1973 as natural experiment. Pinochet promoted a large contraction in the number of seats available for new students across all universities. Using census data, we find that parents who reached college age shortly after 1973 experienced a sharp decline in college enrollment. Decades after democratization, we observe that their children are also less likely to enroll in higher education. The results imply large and persistent downstream effects of educational policies over more than half a century

Census · College education · Democracy · Democratization · Demographic economics · Development economics · Dictatorship · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Higher education · Natural experiment · Political science · Population · Sociology · Transmission (telecommunications · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Medicine

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