The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education using data from 91 censuses that span 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean over half a century. It measures upward mobility as the likelihood of obtaining at least a primary ed...

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Main Author:	Munoz Saavedra, Ercio Andres
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATION INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY EMPLOYMENT MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099743205062210873/IDU0392eb69908157044310a86b06c8a9982a005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37414

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spelling	okr-10986-374142022-05-14T05:10:40Z The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean Munoz Saavedra, Ercio Andres ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATION INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY EMPLOYMENT MARKETS This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education using data from 91 censuses that span 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean over half a century. It measures upward mobility as the likelihood of obtaining at least a primary education for individuals whose parents did not finish primary school, whereas downward mobility is the likelihood of failing to complete primary education for individuals whose parents completed at least primary school. In addition, the paper explores the geography of educational intergenerational mobility using nearly 400 “provinces” and more than 6,000 “districts”. It documents wide cross-country and within-country heterogeneity. The paper documents a declining trend in the mobility gap between urban and rural populations, and small differences by gender. Within countries, the level of mobility is highly correlated with the share of primary completion of the previous generation, which suggests a high level of inertia. In addition, upward (downward) mobility is negatively (positively) correlated with distance to the capital and the share of employment in agriculture, but positively (negatively) correlated with the share of employment in industry. 2022-05-13T15:36:20Z 2022-05-13T15:36:20Z 2022-05-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099743205062210873/IDU0392eb69908157044310a86b06c8a9982a005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37414 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATION INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY EMPLOYMENT MARKETS Munoz Saavedra, Ercio Andres The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
description	This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education using data from 91 censuses that span 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean over half a century. It measures upward mobility as the likelihood of obtaining at least a primary education for individuals whose parents did not finish primary school, whereas downward mobility is the likelihood of failing to complete primary education for individuals whose parents completed at least primary school. In addition, the paper explores the geography of educational intergenerational mobility using nearly 400 “provinces” and more than 6,000 “districts”. It documents wide cross-country and within-country heterogeneity. The paper documents a declining trend in the mobility gap between urban and rural populations, and small differences by gender. Within countries, the level of mobility is highly correlated with the share of primary completion of the previous generation, which suggests a high level of inertia. In addition, upward (downward) mobility is negatively (positively) correlated with distance to the capital and the share of employment in agriculture, but positively (negatively) correlated with the share of employment in industry.
format	Working Paper
author	Munoz Saavedra, Ercio Andres
author_facet	Munoz Saavedra, Ercio Andres
author_sort	Munoz Saavedra, Ercio Andres
title	The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short	The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full	The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr	The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed	The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort	geography of intergenerational mobility in latin america and the caribbean
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099743205062210873/IDU0392eb69908157044310a86b06c8a9982a005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37414
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The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean

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