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

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 …

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 …

In this paper we assess intergenerational mobility in terms of education and income rank in five Latin American … countries—Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Panama—by accounting for the education and occupation of both parents. Based on …% to 50%when besides of the education of parents we consider also their occupation. The increase is partic-ularly strong …