Schooling and Intergenerational Mobility. Consequences of Expanding Higher Education Institutions.

Autor/inn/en	Katzkowicz, Noemí; Lavy, Victor; Querejeta, Martina; Rosá, Tatiana
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Schooling and Intergenerational Mobility. Consequences of Expanding Higher Education Institutions.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research (2023) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w31906
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w31906
Schlagwörter	Bildungschance; Bildungsniveau; Soziale Mobilität; Generation; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulpolitik; Hochschule; Arbeitspapier; Uruguay
Abstract	Poor post-secondary education infrastructure and opportunities partly explain the low higher education rates in developing countries. This paper estimates the effect of a program that improved post-secondary education infrastructure by building many university campuses across Uruguay. Leveraging temporal and geographic variation in program implementation, we use a two-way fixed effect design and comprehensive administrative records to assess the program's causal impact. By lowering the distance to a university campus, the program successfully increased university enrollment, particularly of less privileged students who are the first in their families to attend a university. The program impacted students from localities up to 30 kilometers from the new campus, reducing spatial inequality. Importantly, this expansion did not lower university completion rates. Furthermore, the program increased high school attendance and completion rates and the proportion of educated workers in the affected localities.
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Update	2024/1