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

Maria Angelica Bautista, Felipe González, Luis Martinez (), Pablo Muñoz and Mounu Prem
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Maria Angelica Bautista: University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy

No 959, Working Papers from Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance

Abstract: 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.

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