The Intergenerational Transmission of College: Evidence from the 1973 Coup in Chile
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Bautista, María Angélica
González, Felipe
Martínez, Luis R.
Muñoz, Pablo
Prem, Mounu
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2022-06-16
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eng
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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.
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I23 - Higher Education; Research Institutions, H52 - Government Expenditures and Education
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Intergenerational transmission, higher education, dictatorship
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