Parental Income and Higher Education Patterns: Evidence From France

Cécile Bonneau () and Sébastien Grobon
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Cécile Bonneau: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: In this paper, we present new stylized facts on inequality of enrollment in higher education by parental income in France. On average, an increment of 10 percentiles in the parental income distribution is associated with a 5.8 percentage-point increase in the proportion of children entering higher education. This overall degree of inequality is surprisingly close to that observed in the United States. We identify potential explanatory factors drivng comparable levels of inequality in the two countries with markedly different institutional contexts. Finally, we explore a consequence of enrollment disparities by assessing the distribution of public spending on higher education.

Keywords: Higher education; Parental Income; Expenditures; Human Capital; Resource Allocation; France; Enseignement supérieur; Revenu des parents; Capital humain; Allocation des ressources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12
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Published in 2023

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