TY - JOUR
T1 - The intergenerational transmission of higher education
T2 - Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile
AU - Bautista, María Angélica
AU - González, Felipe
AU - Martínez, Luis R.
AU - Muñoz, Pablo
AU - Prem, Mounu
N1 - Funding Information:
This version: June 2023. First version: May 2020. We thank Daron Acemoglu, Dan Black, José Joaquín Brunner, David Card, Kerwin Charles, David de la Croix, José Díaz, Steven Durlauf, James Fenske, Claudio Ferraz, Fred Finan, Mónica Martínez-Bravo, James Robinson, Martín Rossi, Noam Yuchtman and seminar participants at numerous universities for comments and suggestions. We also thank Fondecyt (project 1210239), the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001, and the Pearson and the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts for financial support. Azize Engin, Katia Everke, Juan Manuel Monroy, Daniela Guerrero, Maria Paula Tamayo and Piera Sedini provided outstanding research assistance.
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PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - We estimate the transmission of higher education across generations using the arrival of the Pinochet dictatorship to Chile in 1973 as natural experiment. Pinochet promoted a large contraction in the number of seats available for new students across all universities. Using census data, we find that parents who reached college age shortly after 1973 experienced a sharp decline in college enrollment. Decades after democratization, we observe that their children are also less likely to enroll in higher education. The results imply large and persistent downstream effects of educational policies over more than half a century.
AB - We estimate the transmission of higher education across generations using the arrival of the Pinochet dictatorship to Chile in 1973 as natural experiment. Pinochet promoted a large contraction in the number of seats available for new students across all universities. Using census data, we find that parents who reached college age shortly after 1973 experienced a sharp decline in college enrollment. Decades after democratization, we observe that their children are also less likely to enroll in higher education. The results imply large and persistent downstream effects of educational policies over more than half a century.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540
DO - 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85166934491
SN - 0014-4983
VL - 90
JO - Explorations in Economic History
JF - Explorations in Economic History
M1 - 101540
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