The Intergenerational Transmission of College: Evidence from the 1973 Coup in Chile

Maria Angelica Bautista, Felipe González, Luis Martinez (), Mounu Prem and Pablo Muñoz

No 22-142, IAST Working Papers from Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)

Abstract: We study 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 opened 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 implemented half a century ago.

Date: 2022-06-14
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