Location plays a role

States with higher educational inequality in father’s generation show similar limited opportunities for the son

Education inequality in father's generation is measured by Gini coefficient. Intergenerational education persistence is based on the intergenerational regression coefficient. Trends for women were unavailable due to paucity of data.
Source: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad 2018 working paper, 'Is the Past Still Holding Us Back? A Study on Intergenerational Education Mobility in India'
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