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 analyses (age-adjusted) employment rates by gender and education. We find that malefemale gender gaps and ….5 percentage points. At the same time, closing both the gender and education gaps would raise the EU employment rate from 76% to 89 … high-low education gaps in employment vary markedly across European Union (EU) countries and regions, with larger gaps …

In spite of large structural expansions in higher education in Chile and Peru during the 1980s and 1990s, and a … favourable growth context, levels of inequality are still very high in both countries and inequities in higher education persist …. This paper investigates the role that higher education has played for social mobility in Chile and Peru. In particular, to …

significant effects on reasons for leaving home, as well as age and gender differences, particularly relating to female …