Calendrier du 11 mai 2017
brown bag Travail et Économie Publique
Du 11/05/2017 de 13:00 à 14:00
Salle R1-09, Nouveau Bâtiment, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
MORENO Heddie (PSE)
The effect of grandparents’ schooling on their children’s and grandchildren’s outcomes
This paper exploits a natural experiment from an armed conflict that occurred in Mexico in 1926 to provide causal evidence on the multi-generational transmission of human capital across three generations. The study uses a unique survey that gathers retrospective information on a national representative sample of adults and their children. The analysis allows comparing medium and long-run trends of economic mobility along the 20th century and provides useful policy insights for the design of anti-poverty programs aiming to cope with the adverse effects of armed conflict under an inter-generational perspective. Results show significant effects of the grandmothers’ education (instrumented with exposure to the conflict) on their children’s years of schooling, grade repetition and earnings. The influence of the grandparents’ educative legacy remains at least until the second generation, particularly for the granddaughters’ schooling. This indicates that the persistence of some part of the current inequality can be traced back to at least three generations.
PEPES (Paris Empirical Political Economics) Working Group
Du 11/05/2017 de 12:30 à 14:00
Sc Po - TBD
WACZIARG Romain (UCLA)
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Du 11/05/2017 de 12:00 à 13:00
Salle R2-01, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
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Du 11/05/2017 de 12:00 à 13:00
SéANCE ANNULéE (INITIALEMENT G. HOLLARD) Prenom ... ()
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