Yet another tale of two cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago

Latin American Economic Review

Table 1 School enrollment in Chicago and Buenos Allies

Chicago			Buenos Aires
Children aged 15–14			Various age groups
Year	% in school	Total population (of age group)	Year	% in School	Total population (of age group)
1870	66.14	61.874	1883	64.63	52.231	Age 5–14
1880	54.96	106.543	1895	57.72	117.388	Age 6–14
1890	66.39	214.470	1904	67.45	188.271	Age 6–15
1900	64.82	342.000	1943	90.10	290.922	Age 6–13
1910	85.52	353.520
1920	89.80	486.969
1930	86.34	553.884

Sources: (1) All of the Chicago data are from are from IPUMS. except 1890 which is from die print edition of the 1890 census. (2) Censo Escolar Nacional -correspondiente a fines de 1883 y principios de 1884. Segundo Censo Nacional (1895). Censo General de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1904). Tercer Censo Nacional (1914). and Cuarto Censo Escolar de la Nación (1948)