The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile

María Angélica Bautista; Felipe González; Luis R. Martínez; Pablo Muñoz; Mounu Prem

doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540

The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile

María Angélica Bautista
, Felipe González
, Luis R. Martínez
, Pablo Muñoz
, Mounu Prem

Faculty of Economics

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	101540
Journal	Explorations in Economic History
Volume	90
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101540
State	Published - Oct 2023

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