Intergenerational Education Mobility in Young Beneficiaries of Progresa Oportunidades-Prospera, 1997–2017
Keywords:
Social policy, Social development, Human capital, Poverty alleviation, Intergenerational educational mobilityAbstract
Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (Progress-Opportunities-Prosper) sought to increase the human capital of its young beneficiaries to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty and therefore gave an important boost to increasing their schooling. This paper aims to analyze the intergenerational educational mobility achieved by a group of rural youth who were beneficiaries from the beginning of the program. We start from the theory of intergenerational social mobility and analyze the group under study using quantitative techniques using the Panel ENCEL 1997–2017 as statistical input. The results show changes in the educational strata attained by young people concerning those of their parents, with upward mobility predominating (80%). Women, indigenous people, and migrants had the highest mobility. Although the results were positive, they are considered modest, as most of them barely reached secondary school, a level insufficient to compete in the market for quality employment.
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