| Resumen: |
This paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. Several studies
have used data sets that collect intergenerational socio economic information. The
data, though limited, suggest that social mobility is low in the region, even when
compared with low social mobility developed countries like the United States and
United Kingdom, with high levels of immobility at the lower and upper tails of
the income distribution. While Latin America has improved education mobility in
recent decades, which may have translated into higher mobility for younger
cohorts, the region still presents, except for Chile, lower education mobility than
in developed countries. The paper also reviews studies on the main determinants
of the region’s low levels of social mobility, including social exclusion, low
access to higher education, and labor market discrimination. |
