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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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099743205062210873/IDU0392eb69908157044310a86b06c8a9982a005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37414 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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