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 …

productive abilities and education. Additionally, the system insures against 48% of lifetime earnings risk. Implementing a …

, education and the role of elites. Finally, we conduct a "replication" exercise with some seminal papers in the literature …

increase with age. Results are robust to using different measures of inequality (income and maternal education). Gaps are … smaller but generally remain when adjusting for possible explanatory factors (e.g., family structure, parental education …

persistence in elite education. We identify a positive elite peer effect on enrolment in elite programmes and disentangle …

, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and …

Intergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study the role that exposure … causal impact of elite peers on the probability of enrolling in elite education for students from different socioeconomic … intergenerational persistence at the top of the education and income distribution. …

country for men, and more than 45% of the variation for women. This indicates that education policy has an important role to …

different incentives to acquire education for the two ethnic groups. Using rich Danish administrative data, this paper finds … evidence that greater negative attitudes increase incentives for males to acquire education and that networking also increases … immigrant education. …