Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284309 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 959
Publisher: 
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance, London
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.
Subjects: 
Studies
educational attainment
higher education policy
intergenerational mobility
Chile
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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