Chapter 3 Exploring intergenerational educational mobility in Argentina

Abstract

This chapter estimates the degree of intergenerational educational mobility in Argentina, focusing on the mobility differences between teenagers and young adults. Based on a new database, the Survey of Employment and Education of Youth (CEDLAS-INDEC) nonbiased mobility estimators for children older than teenagers is obtained. Our robust estimations reveal a lower degree of intergenerational mobility for young adults than for teenagers. Furthermore, young adult immobility is not uniform across parents’ education level. Finally, gender differences also affect mobility.

Citation

Inés Navarro, A. (2010), "Chapter 3 Exploring intergenerational educational mobility in Argentina", Bishop, J.A. (Ed.) Studies in Applied Welfare Analysis: Papers from the Third ECINEQ Meeting (Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 18), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 55-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2010)0000018006