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Table 5 Effect of circumstances on own educational attainment

From: On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America

 

Parental education

White

Female

Parent income decile

Constant

Obs.

R 2

Argentina

0.441 (0.029)***

0.744 (0.272)***

0.347 (0.227)

0.265 (0.065)***

5.317 (0.417)***

689

0.323

Bolivia

0.596 (0.033)***

−1.429 (0.793)

−0.982 (0.303)***

0.432 (0.096)***

4.221 (0.396)***

687

0.424

Brazil

0.642 (0.034)***

0.930 (0.288)***

0.329 (0.284)

0.097 (0.073)

4.007 (0.393)***

804

0.314

Colombia

0.502 (0.040)***

−0.136 (0.355)

0.321 (0.345)

0.355 (0.082)***

5.273 (0.422)***

653

0.290

Costa Rica

0.367 (0.047)***

0.233 (0.373)

−0.476 (0.372)

0.219 (0.095)**

5.252 (0.561)***

481

0.142

Chile

0.543 (0.026)***

−0.323 (0.219)

−0.647 (0.195)***

0.233 (0.064)***

6.122 (0.363)***

767

0.478

Dom. Rep.

0.676 (0.040)***

0.259 (0.596)

0.123 (0.373)

0.345 (0.116)***

3.647 (0.532)***

469

0.418

Ecuador

0.665 (0.029)***

−0.213 (0.518)

−0.204 (0.258)

0.290 (0.074)***

3.575 (0.342)***

795

0.435

El Salvador

0.567 (0.045)***

0.284 (0.656)

−0.730 (0.391)*

0.195 (0.090)**

4.545 (0.439)***

532

0.236

Guatemala

0.792 (0.050)***

−0.649 (0.509)

−0.012 (0.324)

0.176 (0.092)*

1.873 (0.368)***

442

0.453

Honduras

0.379 (0.048)***

0.224 (0.407)

0.177 (0.331)

0.193 (0.082)**

4.154 (0.364)***

515

0.153

Mexico

0.550 (0.030)***

−0.844 (0.427)**

−0.344 (0.309)

0.250 (0.075)***

5.442 (0.397)***

627

0.374

Nicaragua

0.576 (0.036)***

−0.608 (0.577)

0.123 (0.361)

0.282 (0.083)***

2.826 (0.373)***

501

0.330

Panama

0.553 (0.037)***

1.914 (0.451)***

0.048 (0.332)

0.395 (0.078)***

3.622 (0.416)***

490

0.430

Paraguay

0.551 (0.034)***

0.380 (0.305)

−0.652 (0.309)**

0.159 (0.080)**

5.327 (0.477)***

498

0.345

Peru

0.498 (0.029)***

−0.680 (0.528)

−1.392 (0.288)***

0.246 (0.081)***

6.021 (0.363)***

728

0.366

Uruguay

0.577 (0.031)***

0.348 (0.360)

0.137 (0.233)

0.113 (0.057)

4.209 (0.481)***

709

0.316

Venezuela

0.418 (0.030)***

0.477 (0.275)*

0.318 (0.265)

0.223 (0.080)***

6.348 (0.492)***

735

0.256

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** Significant at 1 %, ** significant at 5 %, * significant at 10 %