Parental Income and Higher Education: 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, ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Sébastien Grobon: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, COR - Conseil d'Orientation des Retraites

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Abstract: This paper offers new stylized facts on inequality of enrollment in higher education according to 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 individuals entering higher education. This degree of inequality is strikingly close to that observed in the United States. We identify potential explanatory factors behind this similar degree of inequality in two markedly different institutional contexts. We then explore one consequence of enrollment disparities, assessing the distribution of 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: 2025-01
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