Intergenerational transmission of education: the relative importance of transmission channels

Latin American Economic Review

Table 2 Intergenerational correlation of education

Age group	Ages	Gender	N	Correlation with
Age group	Ages	Gender	N	Father	Mother
All	12–25	Girls	2,095	0.369	0.395
All		Boys	2,171	0.389	0.377
Secondary and high school	12–17	Girls	1,153	0.312	0.307
Secondary and high school		Boys	1,183	0.319	0.334
Tertiary	18–25	Girls	942	0.442	0.489
Tertiary		Boys	988	0.465	0.447

The reported correlations refer to the correlation between the years of education of the father and mother, respectively, and the constructed education index. All correlations are computed for the working sample used in this study