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 …

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 …

Canada. At the same time, returns to education have gone up. Both factors have contributed to exacerbating income gaps … between children of parents with and without secondary education. However, the transmission of residual parental income … education. Overall, these patterns suggest that fostering high school completion may help slow down the worsening of …

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

This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes …, our results reveal a significant role of education in this intergenerational transmission. These results are particularly …

expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the … intention to pursue higher education. Moreover, the perceived consumption value can account for a substantial part of both the …

expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the … intention to pursue higher education. Moreover, the perceived consumption value can account for a substantial part of both the …

intergenerational mobility. Furthermore, holding parental education constant, Italian second generation immigrants show no less …