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The Intergenerational Transmission of Schooling among the Education-Rationed

Jorge M. Agüero and Maithili Ramachandran
Published online before print August 03, 2018, 0816-8143R; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.2.0816.8143R
Jorge M. Agüero
Jorge Agüero is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and El Instituto at the University of Connecticut, . Maithili Ramachandran is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Riverside.
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Maithili Ramachandran
Jorge Agüero is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and El Instituto at the University of Connecticut, . Maithili Ramachandran is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Riverside.
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Abstract

We estimate the intergenerational transmission of schooling in a country where the majority of the population was rationed in its access to education. By eliminating apartheid-style policies against blacks, the 1980 education reforms in Zimbabwe swiftly tripled the transition rate to secondary schools. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, we find a robust intergenerational transmission. A one–year increase in the schooling of the mother raises her child’s attainment by 0.073 years; the corresponding father-to-child spillover is 0.092 years. Choices in the marriage and labor markets mediate the size of these schooling transmissions. Several smoothness and placebo tests validate our design.

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  • J24

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Jorge M. Agüero, Maithili Ramachandran
Journal of Human Resources Aug 2018, 0816-8143R; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.55.2.0816.8143R

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Jorge M. Agüero, Maithili Ramachandran
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