Retornos de la educación en Ecuador: el rol del capital social familiar y las diferencias territoriales

Returns to education in Ecuador: the role of family social capital and territorial differences

Mercy Orellana, Joselin Segovia and Rodrigo García Arancibia
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Mercy Orellana: Universidad de Cuenca - Ecuador
Joselin Segovia: Universidad de Cuenca - Ecuador
Rodrigo García Arancibia: Universidad Nacional del Litoral - Argentina

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2025, vol. 63, issue 63, 195-227

Abstract: In this study we aim at estimating the economic return to education with a territorial perspective. Furthermore, we aim at identifying the effect of the family’s social capital, proxied by language of parents, on the economic returns to education. Results show that education provides different returns to individuals that differ by their family backgrounds, with a significant disadvantage on children whose parents speak an indigenous language. We observe that the territory can contribute to these disparities by up to 7%.

Keywords: Social capital; language; education; economic returns; territory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I26 J15 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.38191/iirr-jorr.24.039

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