We estimate the transmission of higher education across generations using the arrival of the Pinochet dictatorship to Chile in 1973 as natural experiment. Pinochet promoted a large contraction in the number of seats available for new students across all universities. Using census data, we find that parents who reached college age shortly after 1973 experienced a sharp decline in college enrollment. Decades after democratization, we observe that their children are also less likely to enroll in higher education. The results imply large and persistent downstream effects of educational policies over more than half a century.

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高等教育的代际传承：来自 1973 年智利政变的证据

我们以 1973 年皮诺切特独裁统治智利的到来为自然实验，估计了高等教育的代际传承。皮诺切特推动所有大学大幅缩减新生名额。利用人口普查数据，我们发现 1973 年之后不久达到大学年龄的父母的大学入学率急剧下降。民主化几十年后，我们观察到他们的孩子接受高等教育的可能性也较小。结果表明，半个多世纪以来，教育政策对下游产生了巨大且持续的影响。